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LaserAngularDistribution Class Reference

#include <LaserAngularDistribution.hpp>

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Public Member Functions

double generateInclinationCosine () const override
 
double probabilityForInclinationCosine (double costheta) const override
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from AxAngularDistribution
int dimension () const override
 
Direction generateDirection () const override
 
virtual double generateInclinationCosine () const =0
 
double probabilityForDirection (Direction bfk) const override
 
virtual double probabilityForInclinationCosine (double costheta) const =0
 
double symmetryX () const
 
double symmetryY () const
 
double symmetryZ () const
 
virtual int dimension () const =0
 
virtual Direction generateDirection () const =0
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SimulationItem
template<class T >
T * find (bool setup=true) const
 
template<class T >
T * interface (int levels=-999999, bool setup=true) const
 
virtual string itemName () const
 
void setup ()
 
string typeAndName () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Item
 Item (const Item &)=delete
 
virtual ~Item ()
 
void addChild (Item *child)
 
const vector< Item * > & children () const
 
virtual void clearItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property)
 
void destroyChild (Item *child)
 
virtual bool getBoolProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
virtual vector< double > getDoubleListProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
virtual double getDoubleProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
virtual string getEnumProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
virtual int getIntProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
virtual vector< Item * > getItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
virtual ItemgetItemProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
virtual string getStringProperty (const PropertyDef *property) const
 
int getUtilityProperty (string name) const
 
virtual void insertIntoItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property, int index, Item *item)
 
Itemoperator= (const Item &)=delete
 
Itemparent () const
 
virtual void removeFromItemListProperty (const PropertyDef *property, int index)
 
virtual void setBoolProperty (const PropertyDef *property, bool value)
 
virtual void setDoubleListProperty (const PropertyDef *property, vector< double > value)
 
virtual void setDoubleProperty (const PropertyDef *property, double value)
 
virtual void setEnumProperty (const PropertyDef *property, string value)
 
virtual void setIntProperty (const PropertyDef *property, int value)
 
virtual void setItemProperty (const PropertyDef *property, Item *item)
 
virtual void setStringProperty (const PropertyDef *property, string value)
 
void setUtilityProperty (string name, int value)
 
virtual string type () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from AngularDistributionInterface
virtual ~AngularDistributionInterface ()
 
virtual double probabilityForDirection (Direction bfk) const =0
 

Protected Member Functions

 LaserAngularDistribution ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from AxAngularDistribution
 AxAngularDistribution ()
 
void setupSelfBefore () override
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from AngularDistribution
 AngularDistribution ()
 
Randomrandom () const
 
void setupSelfBefore () override
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SimulationItem
 SimulationItem ()
 
virtual bool offersInterface (const std::type_info &interfaceTypeInfo) const
 
virtual void setupSelfAfter ()
 
virtual void setupSelfBefore ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from Item
 Item ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from AngularDistributionInterface
 AngularDistributionInterface ()
 

Private Types

using BaseType = AxAngularDistribution
 
using ItemType = LaserAngularDistribution
 

Friends

class ItemRegistry
 

Detailed Description

The LaserAngularDistribution class describes the axisymmetric angular emission distribution for a point source that emits all its radiation in a single direction, namely towards the positive symmetry axis configured in the base class. In other words, the probability distribution is a Dirac delta function, \(4\pi\delta({\bf{k}}-{\bf{e}}_\mathrm{sym})\).

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ LaserAngularDistribution()

LaserAngularDistribution::LaserAngularDistribution ( )
inlineprotected

Default constructor for concrete Item subclass LaserAngularDistribution : "a laser emission profile" .

Member Function Documentation

◆ generateInclinationCosine()

double LaserAngularDistribution::generateInclinationCosine ( ) const
overridevirtual

This function generates a random inclination cosine relative to the symmetry axis, drawn from the angular probability distribution. In this case, the function returns \(\cos\theta=1\), which is equivalent to \(\theta=0\).

Implements AxAngularDistribution.

◆ probabilityForInclinationCosine()

double LaserAngularDistribution::probabilityForInclinationCosine ( double  costheta) const
overridevirtual

This function returns the normalized probability for a given inclination cosine \(\cos\theta\) relative to the symmetry axis. In this case, the function returns infinity if \(\theta=0\), or equivalently \(\cos\theta=1\), and zero in all other cases.

Implements AxAngularDistribution.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: