barc4beams 2026.5.4

A Python project for: standardization, statistics, and plotting ray-traced photon beams (PyOptiX, SHADOW3/4).

barc4beams

barc4beams is a Python package providing tools for standardization, statistical analysis, and visualization of (photon) beams from simulation codes such as SHADOW3/4 and PyOptiX. barc4beams also converts intensity maps from wave-optics codes such as SRW and WOFRY.

It offers a data class called Beam, which offers import/export utilities, statistical moment-based analysis, and a consistent plotting API for beam profile, divergence, phase space, and caustic visualization.

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Features

• Import beams from SHADOW3/4, PyOptiX, or intensity maps from SRW / WOFRY
• Convert to a standard Beam format
• Compute beam moments, FWHM, skewness, kurtosis, and focal distances
• Merge and analyze ensembles of beams across runs
• Propagate beams in free space and build caustics
• Save and reload beams in HDF5 and JSON formats (stats)
• Plotting using Matplotlib

See examples/README.md for detailed descriptions of the
three reference notebooks:

1. Beams from ray-tracing codes
2. Beam collections and ensembles
3. Beams from wavefront propagation
   • intensity-based sampling (Rebuffi et al., 2020)
   • phase-aware reconstruction (speckle tracking principles)

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Installation

From PyPI:

pip install barc4beams

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