#!/usr/bin/env python # This test case calculates the differential scattering # cross section for different x values of a SiO2 sphere # The differential cross section from wave optics is: # d(Csca)/d(a**2*Omega) = S11(Theta)/x**2 from scattnlay import scattnlay import numpy as np dX = 0.5 Xmax = 5.0 m = np.array([[1.46 + 0.0j]], dtype = np.complex128) theta = np.arange(0.0, 180.25, 0.25, dtype = np.float64)*np.pi/180.0 result = theta*180.0/np.pi for xl in np.arange(dX, Xmax, dX, dtype = np.float64): x = np.array([[xl]], dtype = np.float64) terms, Qext, Qsca, Qabs, Qbk, Qpr, g, Albedo, S1, S2 = scattnlay(x, m, theta) S11 = S1[0].real*S1[0].real + S1[0].imag*S1[0].imag + S2[0].real*S2[0].real + S2[0].imag*S2[0].imag result = np.vstack((result, S11/(2.0*xl*xl))) result = result.transpose() try: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot(result[ : , 0], result[ : , 1:]) ax = plt.gca() ax.set_yscale('log') # ax.set_ylim(1e-4, 1e3) plt.xlabel('Theta') plt.draw() plt.show() finally: np.savetxt("scattSiO2.txt", result, fmt = "%.5f") print result