paos

PAOS, the Physical Optics Simulator, is a fast, modern, and reliable Python package for Physical Optics studies. It implements Physical Optics Propagation in Fresnel approximation and paraxial ray tracing to analyze complex waveform propagation through both generic and off-axes optical systems.

paos has been downloaded 21,925 times in total on PyPI, including 673 in the last 30 days. The latest version is 1.2.13, released Feb 6, 2026. It is distributed under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Version1.2.13
Downloads
21.93k
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
AuthorAndrea Bocchieri
UpdatedFeb 6, 2026

Downloads

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VersionsTotal1.*
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21.9kAll-time
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Version distribution

Share of downloads by released version. Computed over the last quarter.

  • 01

    1.2.13

    351 downloads
    17.8%
  • 02

    1.2.12

    135 downloads
    6.9%
  • 03

    1.2.11

    113 downloads
    5.7%
  • 04

    1.2.10

    112 downloads
    5.7%
  • 05

    1.2.9

    110 downloads
    5.6%
  • 06

    1.1.2

    94 downloads
    4.8%
  • 07

    1.2.8

    89 downloads
    4.5%
  • 08

    1.2.5.1

    79 downloads
    4.0%
  • 09

    Other

    887 downloads
    45.0%

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