{"id":686,"date":"2016-06-30T10:54:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/milster\/?page_id=686"},"modified":"2016-06-30T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:54:28","slug":"interpreting-the-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/resources\/optiscan-simulation-program\/optiscan-help-desk\/a-simple-disk-tutorial\/interpreting-the-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpreting the Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. The simulation should display four plot windows similar to :<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-624\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/plotwindow.gif\" alt=\"plotwindow\" width=\"568\" height=\"464\" data-id=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>2. simulation interpretation<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-686 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/plot.output1.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-619\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-619'>\n\t\t\t\tPlot 1\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/plot.output2.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-620\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-620'>\n\t\t\t\tPlot 2\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/plot.output3.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-621\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-621'>\n\t\t\t\tPlot 3\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/plot.output4.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-622\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-622'>\n\t\t\t\tPlot 4\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The output shows the gaussian beam scanning across the diffraction grating.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>3. Advanced Plot Information:<\/p>\n<p>The red bars are articfacts of the interpolation routine since the source and the target use only 100&#215;100 samples each. A finer sampling would reduce these artifacts but increase both the simulation time and the memory requirements.<\/p>\n<p>In this simulation, only the x-component of the transmitted field was used. If the source had a non-zero y-component or z-component, then you could look at those components by choosing the y-reflected or z-reflected items.<\/p>\n<p>You may use the view menu to preform various kinds of computations on the fields:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-623\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/milster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2016\/06\/plot.viewmenu.gif\" alt=\"plot.viewmenu\" width=\"198\" height=\"139\" data-id=\"623\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally information about the plot window can be found by clicking the &#8220;<strong>Help<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. The simulation should display four plot windows similar to : 2. simulation interpretation The output shows the gaussian beam scanning across the diffraction grating. 3. 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