opticalglass

opticalglass is a Python package to interface with optical glass manufacturers glass data spreadsheets. It provides a neutral API to query data from multiple catalogs. A Qt-based graphical glass map display is built on top of this capability.

• User’s Guide
  • Installation
  • Glass Map Application
  • Python Data Model
• Command Line Quick Start
  • Creating a Glass Object
  • Getting refractive index data
  • Defining a user-defined Glass object
  • V-number and Partial Dispersion
  • Plot Refractive Index vs Wavelength
  • Display a Glass Map
  • Drag and Drop to the Command Line
  • Glass Transmission Data
  • Plot Transmission vs Wavelength
• Glass Catalog Spreadsheets and Python
  • Importing a catalog spreadsheet
  • Listing a catalog’s data categories
  • OpticalMedium subclasses
  • Compare measured values vs. the dispersion equation
  • An alternative way to create an glass object
  • Plotting transmission data
• RefractiveIndex.Info interface
  • Typical use scenario - Polycarbonate
  • Material file examples
• Developer’s Guide
  • Module contents
  • Submodules
  • GUI Submodules
  • Catalog-specific Submodules

Miscellaneous

• Authors
• License
• Changelog

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page