7.3 Output of results.

The wavefront map format is the most general format, since it always contains the complete wavefront information. In this format the magnitudes of any subtracted Zernikes are stored in the fits header of the wavefront file.

7.3.1 Saving a zernike list.

efs

An ef_claude object.

normalization

Not currently used, but intended to specify Zernike normalization eventually. Set this to the value "Noll" for future compatibility.

from

The first Zernike term you wish to output.

to

The last Zernike term that you wish to output.

format

The format of file you wish to write, the current choices are:

• Text Plain ASCII text format.
• EPS Encapsulated postscript format.
• LaTeX LaTeXFormat.
• HTML HTML format using standard tabbing layout (not Netscape tables).

file name

The name of the file you wish to write the data to. If you use "stdout" as the file name, the output will be written to the programs standard output.

file mode

You may use any file mode which is legal to tcl. The most useful two modes are:

• w Write a new file. If the file already exists silently overwrite it.
• a+ Append the output to a pre-existing file. If there is no existing file of this name, create a new file.

7.3.2 Saving a wavefront.

efs

An ef_claude object, containing the wavefront to be saved.

from

The first Zernike term you wish to subtract from the wavefront.

to

The last Zernike term that you wish to subtract from the wavefront.

format

The format of file you wish to write, the current choices are:

• FITS Standard fits format.
• EPS Encapsulated postscript format.
• PGM Portable Gray Map format, useful if you have the pbmtools, which can turn this format into just about any other format.
• Raw Outputs just the floating point numbers which comprise the image.

file name

The name of the file you wish to write the data to. If you use "stdout" as the file name, the output will be written to the programs standard output.

file mode

You may use any file mode which is legal to tcl. Probably the only meaningful mode in this context is w. Mode w means write a new file but if the file already exists silently overwrite it.

7.3.3 Saving a synthetic image.

efs

An ef_claude object, containing the wavefront to be saved.

from

The first Zernike term you wish to subtract from the wavefront.

to

The last Zernike term that you wish to subtract from the wavefront.

wavelength

The wavelength for which you wish to compute the synthetic image.

sampling

The amount of over-sampling in the image plane. Passing 1 here will give you a Nyquist sampled image. You can use this parameter to match the image scale of a real sensor. It does not make sense to make the over-sampling factor smaller than 0.5, and values between 0.5 and 1 are probably not useful. Large over-sampling factors can result in the necessity to perform large FFT's with the concomital time and memory penalties. The FFT size is approximately 4*wavefront_rad*oversampling.

format

The format of file you wish to write, the current choices are:

• FITS Standard fits format.
• EPS Encapsulated postscript format.
• PGM Portable Gray Map format, useful if you have the pbmtools, which can turn this format into just about any other format.
• Raw Outputs just the floating point numbers which comprise the image.

file name

The name of the file you wish to write the data to. If you use "stdout" as the file name, the output will be written to the programs standard output.

file mode

You may use any file mode which is legal to tcl. Probably the only meaningful mode in this context is w. Mode w means write a new file but if the file already exists silently overwrite it.

7.3.4 Saving a synthetic fringe pattern.

efs

An ef_claude object, containing the wavefront to be saved.

from

The first Zernike term you wish to subtract from the wavefront.

to

The last Zernike term that you wish to subtract from the wavefront.

wavelength

The wavelength for which you wish to compute the synthetic fringe pattern.

tilt

The amount of tilt in the reference wavefront. This is measured in fringes across cross the total wavefront. The absolute reference wavefront tilt is therefore dependent on the wavelength you have selected. If you wish to see "fluffed out" fringes, set the tilt to zero.

angle

This is the angle of the tilt on the reference wavefront, it is specified in degrees. For a non aberrated wavefront the fringes will appear orthogonal to the angle you specify here.

format

The format of file you wish to write, the current choices are:

• FITS Standard fits format.
• EPS Encapsulated postscript format.
• PGM Portable Gray Map format, useful if you have the pbmtools, which can turn this format into just about any other format.
• Raw Outputs just the floating point numbers which comprise the image.

file name

The name of the file you wish to write the data to. If you use "stdout" as the file name, the output will be written to the programs standard output.

file mode

You may use any file mode which is legal to tcl. Probably the only meaningful mode in this context is w. Mode w means write a new file but if the file already exists silently overwrite it.