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c++ API for the openPMD ray trace extension {#readme}

This library provides a high-level API in C++ and Python to read and write openPMD files following the raytrace extension. It uses the official openPMD-api at lower level.

Quantities

The list of variables stored in the openPMD file as defined by the extension is reported in the following table:

Variable Comment Units
x,y,z position []
dx,dy,dz direction (normalized velocity)
sx,sy,sz polarization of non-photons
sPolAx, sPolAy, sPolAz, sPolPh s-polarization amplitude and phase of photons
pPolAx, pPolAy, pPolAz, pPolPh p-polarization amplitude of photons
time ray time w.r.t. ray generation [ms]
wavelength [Ang]
weight weight
id unique ID
status Alive or Dead

Dependencies

This package depends on:

If you do not have the openPMD-api installed on your system, this package downloads, compiles and install it for you. But installing it separately is highly advisable.

Compilation and installation

git clone -b devel --depth 1 git@github.com:PaNOSC-ViNYL/openPMD_raytrace_API.git
cd openPMD_raytrace_API/

cmake -S . -B build/
cmake --build build/

# for the documentation
cmake --build build/ --target doc

For testing:

ctest --test-dir  build/openPMDraytrace-prefix/src/openPMDraytrace-build/tests/ --output-on-failure

More information about the usage can be found [here](@ref usage)

To do

  • Make a dedicated set of tests for the C++ API in cpp/tests/