PyMieSim: an open-source library for fast and flexible far-field Mie scattering simulations

Mie scattering simulations are essential to designing sensing and imaging devices for atmospheric and biomedical sciences applications. Current simulators based on Lorenz-Mie theory allow obtaining scattering phase functions for several scatterer geometries. Still, they are not optimized for simulating ranging parameters and do not compute coupling powers into coherent or incoherent detectors. Here, we present PyMieSim: a Python interface wrapping a C++ parallelized core for a fast, flexible, and highly visual simulation package, allowing for the study of ranges of parameters for different source, scatterer, and detector configurations. We demonstrate two applications: flow-cytometry geometry optimization and few-mode optical coherence tomography contrast analysis.(c) 2023 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement

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Mie scattering simulations are crucial for designing sensing and imaging devices in atmospheric and biomedical sciences. PyMieSim is a fast, flexible, and highly visual simulation package that allows for the study of various parameters in different configurations.