8. Python Interface API¶
This chapter provides a technical auto-generated summary of the NumBAT Python API.
- The API consists of five core modules:
materials, for defining waveguide materials and their properties;objects, for constructing waveguides from materials;mode_calcs, for the core calculation of electromagnetic and acoustic modes;integration, for performing calculations relating to SBS gain;plotting, for creating output plots of modes and gain functions.
8.1. materials module¶
The materials module provides functions for specifying all relevant optical and elastic properties of waveguide materials.
The primary class is materials.Material however users will rarely use this class directly. Instead, we generally specify material properties by writing new .json files stored in the folder backend/materials_data. Materials are then loaded to build waveguide structures using the function materials.make_material().
8.2. objects module¶
The objects module provides functions for defining and constructing waveguides.
The diagrams in Chapter 2 can be used to identify which parameters (slab_a_x, slab_c_y, maerial_d etc) correspond to each region.
8.3. mode_calcs module¶
The mode_calcs module is responsible for the core engine to construct and solve the optical and elastic finite-element problems.
8.4. integration module¶
The integration module is responsible for calculating gain and loss information from existing mode data.
8.5. plotting module¶
The plotting module is responsible for generating all standard graphs.
