PROPER: An
Optical Propagation Library
Supporting MATLAB,
Python, & IDL
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PROPER is a set of routines to simulate the propagation of
light through an optical system using Fourier transform algorithms
(Fresnel, angular spectrum methods). It is currently available for
IDL (Interactive Data Language), Matlab, and Python.
It includes routines to create complex apertures, aberrated
wavefronts, and deformable mirrors. It is especially useful for
the simulation of high contrast imaging telescopes with
coronagraphs. It is distributed as source code, is well documented
with a detailed manual, and is relatively easy to use.
The current PROPER versions are:
IDL
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3.3.1
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12 Nov 2024
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Matlab
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3.3.1
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12 Nov 2024
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Python
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3.3.1
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12 Nov 2024
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Changes/fixes
in PROPER v3.3:
All versions:
(v3.3.1) Fixed PROP_HEX_WAVEFRONT so that phase errors at the edges of adjacent segments get
averaged when segments share a pixel; (v3.3) Fixed deprecation issues; added flip options to PROP_DM; added PROP_VERSION to report version.
Manual:
The manual is
included with the code distribution and is also available here.
PROPER was developed by John Krist
at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory managed by the California
Institute of Technology. The conversion to Matlab was done by Gary
Gutt (JPL). The Python conversion was done by Navtej Saini with
Nikta Amiri (JPL). Luis Marchen (JPL) performed function testing
and some Python conversion, with William Schulze (JPL).
Please note that support for this
software is provided on a time-available basis. Due to
US Government technology export control regulations,
assistance from the author to non-US foreign nationals without
export licenses is limited to clarifications and bug fixes.
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Selected
references to PROPER and projects that
use PROPER
For citations
Krist,
J., "PROPER: an optical propagation library for IDL", Proc.
SPIE, 6675, 66700P (2007).
NOTE: When citing, please indicate that the new web
site for PROPER is at proper-library.sourceforge.net
Verification and validation of PROPER results
Krist, J., et
al., "Milestone 1 Results Report: Assessing the performance
limits of internal coronagraphs through end-to-end modeling :
A NASA TDEM study", exep.jpl.nasa.gov/technology (2012).
Sidick,
E., et al., "HCIT contrast performance sensitivity studies:
simulation versus experiment", Proc. SPIE, 8864 (2013).
End-to-end modeling of coronagraphic space telescopes
Krist,
J., "End-to-end numerical modeling of AFTA coronagraphs",
Proc. SPIE, 9143 (2014)
Krist,
J.,
et al., "Assessing the performance limits of internal
coronagraphs through end-to-end modeling", Proc. SPIE, 8864
(2013).
Krist,
J., et al. "End-to-end simulations of different coronagraphic
techniques", Proc. SPIE, 7440, 2009.
Uses of PROPER
Antichi,
J., "FFREE: a Fresnel-FRee Experiment for EPICS, the EELT
planets imager", Proc. SPIE, 7736 (2010).
Ingraham,
P.,
et al. "High-Contrast Imaging Performance of a Tunable Filter
for Space-Based Applications. II. Detection and
Characterization Capabilities", PASP, 124 (2012).
Marois,
C.,
et al., "A Fresnel propagation analysis of NFIRAOS/IRIS
high-contrast exoplanet imaging capabilities", Proc. SPIE,
8447 (2012).
Marois,
C., et al., "An end-to-end polychromatic Fresnel propagation
model of GPI", Proc. SPIE, 7015 (2008).
Mawet,
D.,
et al., "The Vector Vortex Coronagraph: sensitivity to central
obscuration, low-order aberrations, chromaticism, and
polarization", Proc. SPIE, 7739 (2010).
Mesa,
D., et al., "Simulation of planet detection with the SPHERE
integral field spectrograph", A&A, 529 (2011).
Pardini,
T.,
et al., "The adaptive x-ray optic project at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory", J. Physics Conference Series,
493 (2014).
Thomas,
S., "Amplitude variations on the ExAO testbed: Part II", Proc.
SPIE, 6888 (2008).
Yaitskova,
N., et al., "FOROS: Fresnel optical propagation code for
SPHERE", Proc. SPIE, 7735 (2010).
Zimmerman,
N., "Aperture mask interferometry with an integral field
spectrograph", Proc. SPIE, 8445 (2012).
Updated 27 Sept 2024