Overview of LOPSIMUL software, quick ray-tracing simulator of multi-foil reflective optical system
Abstract
This paper presents description of LOPSIMUL ray-tracing simulation software that offers extremely high computational rate. LOPSIMUL has not a specific requirements for computer hardware and the computing time is less than one second or few seconds on a common personal computer. The software is optimized for lobster eye reflective optics (Angel as well as Schmidt variants) and various types of multi-foil optics. These systems are commonly used for X-rays. As the optimization supposes a specific optics design, the software cannot be used for a generic optics. Lopsimul draws focal image and x and y profiles. LOPSIMUL calculates FWHM, effective collecting area and other principal results.
- Publication:
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Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso
- Pub Date:
- December 2023
- DOI:
- 10.31577/caosp.2023.53.4.206
- Bibcode:
- 2023CoSka..53d.206T
- Keywords:
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- multi-foil optics;
- lobster eye;
- ray-tracing;
- simulations;
- reflective optics;
- grazing incidence optics;
- x-ray optics