PYKAT: Python package for modelling precision optical interferometers
Abstract
PYKAT is a Python package which extends the popular optical interferometer modelling software FINESSE. It provides a more modern and efficient user interface for conducting complex numerical simulations, as well as enabling the use of Python's extensive scientific software ecosystem. In this paper we highlight the relationship between PYKAT and FINESSE, how it is used, and provide an illustrative example of how it has helped to better understand the characteristics of the current generation of gravitational wave interferometers.
Details
- Organisation(s)
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Institute of Gravitation Physics
QuantumFrontiers
- External Organisation(s)
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University of Adelaide
University of Birmingham
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
University of Florida (UF)
Australian National University
Vrije Universiteit
National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- SoftwareX
- Volume
- 12
- ISSN
- 2352-7110
- Publication date
- 12.2020
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software, Computer Science Applications
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2004.06270 (Access:
Open
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2020.100613 (Access: Open )
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