{ "$id": "https://www.istp-cnr.it/gray/schemas/beam", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "title": "Gaussian beam", "description": "Gaussian beam characterization at the launch point.", "type": "object", "properties": { "cocos": {"$ref": "cocos"}, "power": { "description": "Beam power at launch. Units [MW]", "type": "number", "minimum": 0 }, "freq": { "description": "Wave frequency. Units [GHz]", "type": "number", "exclusiveMinimum": 0 }, "polarization": { "description": "Beam polarization.\\nIt can be one of the plasma modes, or an arbitrary polarization,\\ncharacterized via the polarization ellipse parameters, that in general\\nwill couple to both OM and XM", "type": "object", "properties": { "mode": { "description": "The propagation mode the beam couples to. One of:\\n - `OM`: Ordinary mode\\n - `XM`: eXtraordinary mode\n - `ANY`: arbitrary polarization", "enum": ["OM", "XM", "ANY"] }, "ellipse": {"$ref": "#/$defs/polEllipse"} } }, "pos": { "description": "Point where the beam is defined", "$ref": "coordscyl" }, "dir": { "description": "Beam direction at launch", "type": "object", "properties": { "cocos": {"$ref": "cocos"}, "alpha": { "description": "Poloidal angle. alpha = atan2(-k_z, -k_R), with k the unit wavevector at launch. Units [deg]", "type": "number" }, "beta": { "description": "Toroidal angle. beta = asin(k_phi), with k the unit wavevector at launch. Units [deg]", "type": "number" } } }, "shape": { "description": "Beam shape at launch", "type": "object", "properties": { "amplitude": { "description": "Amplitude ellipse (E-field amplitude 1/e-fold on-axis value)", "type": "object", "properties": { "w": { "description": "Semi-axes of the ellipse. Units [m]", "type": "array", "items": {"type": "number", "exclusiveMinimum": 0}, "minItems": 2, "maxItems": 2 }, "phi": {"$ref": "#/$defs/rotAngle"} } }, "phase": { "description": "Phase ellipse (wavefront curvature)", "type": "object", "properties": { "invR": { "description": "Principal curvatures of the phase front. Units [m^-1]", "type": "array", "items": {"type": "number"}, "minItems": 2, "maxItems": 2 }, "phi": {"$ref": "#/$defs/rotAngle"} } } } } }, "$defs": { "polEllipse": { "description": "Angles defining an elliptical polarization", "type": "object", "properties": { "psi": { "description": "Polarization ellipse orientation.\\nThe angle is measured counter-clockwise angle from x' to the polarization\\nellipse major axis in a local right-handed Cartesian frame (x',y',z')\\nwith z' parallel to the beam axis direction k, and x' in the horizontal\\nplane of the global frame (i.e., x'.z=0). Units [deg]", "type": "number" }, "chi": { "description": "Polarization ellipticity.\\n|tan(chi)| = b/a ≤ 1 is the ratio of the polarization ellipse semi-axes\\nsign(chi) = +1 for a right-handed wave (i.e., electric field rotating\\nfrom x' to y' at fixed z') and -1 for a left-handed wave. Units [deg]", "type": "number" } } }, "rotAngle": { "description": "Ellipse orientation. The angle is measured counter-clockwise from x' to\\nthe first principal direction, in a local right-handed Cartesian frame\\n(x',y',z') with z' parallel to the beam axis direction k, and x' in the\\nhorizontal plane of the global frame (i.e., x'.z=0). Units [deg]", "type": "number" } } }