Laser Pulse Parameters (`plasmapy.formulary.laser`)

Functions for calculating quantities associated with laser pulses.

Attention

This feature is under development. Breaking changes may occur in the future.

Functions

`electric_field_amplitude`(intensity)	Calculate the electric field amplitude \(E_0\) from the intensity \(I\) of a laser.
`em_angular_frequency`(wavelength)	Calculate the angular frequency \(\omega\) of a laser given the the wavelength of the beam \(\lambda\).
`em_wavelength`(angular_frequency)	Calculate the wavelength of a laser \(\lambda\) given the angular frequency \(\omega\).
`Gaussian_beam_waist_radius`(spot_size_FWHM)	Calculate the beam waist radius \(w_0\) for the intensity profile of a Gaussian beam given the Full Width at Half Maximum spot size \(FWHM\).
`Gaussian_power`(intensity, beam_waist_radius)	Calculate the total power of a Gaussian beam \(P_0\) from the intensity \(I\) and the beam waist radius \(w_0\).
`Gaussian_Rayleigh_length`(wavelength, ...)	Calculate the Rayleigh length \(z_R\) from the beam waist radius \(w_0\) and the wavelength \(\lambda\).
`Gaussian_spot_size_FWHM`(beam_waist_radius)	Calculate the Full Width at Half Maximum spot size \(FWHM\) at focus given the beam waist radius of a Gaussian beam \(w_0\).
`intensity`(electric_field_amplitude)	Calculate the intensity \(I\) of a laser from the electric field amplitude \(E_0\).
`normalized_vector_potential`(intensity, ...)	Calculate the normalized vector potential \(a_0\) from the intensity \(I\) and the wavelength \(\lambda\).

Aliases

PlasmaPy provides aliases of the most common plasma functionality for user convenience. Aliases in PlasmaPy are denoted with a trailing underscore (e.g., alias_). For further details, please refer to the contributor guide’s section on aliases.

`a0_`(intensity, wavelength)	Alias to `normalized_vector_potential`.
`E0_`(intensity)	Alias to `electric_field_amplitude`.
`I_`(electric_field_amplitude)	Alias to `intensity`.
`omega_`(wavelength)	Alias to `em_angular_frequency`.
`w0_`(spot_size_FWHM)	Alias to `Gaussian_beam_waist_radius`.