Overview

Tools for design of Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization Complex Mask Coronagraph (PIAACMC) and Apodized Pupil Lyot Complex Mask Coronagraphs (APLCMC).

Design scripts are in ./script/

Documentation files are in ./doc/

Example files are in ./examples/

For detailed decumentations and step-by-step PIAACMC design instructions, see: ./doc/PIAACMCsimul.html

Description

Uses Fresnel propagation engine ( OptSystProp.c OptSystProp.h ) between optical elements
Computes linear perturbations around current design for optimization
Automatically computes multiple Lyot stop to follow variable conjugation in different parts of the beam
Polychromatic propagations
Fits aspheric PIAA shapes on basis of radial cosines and 2-D Fourier modes