"""Original coherent-pupil order selection schematic; Python 3.14/matplotlib. The horizontal coordinate is spatial frequency in units of NA/lambda. Output is a PNG basename in the current working directory. """ import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 1, figsize=(7.5, 4.5), layout='constrained') fig.patch.set_facecolor('white') for ax, step, title in zip(axes, [.72, 1.23], ['First orders admitted: periodic contrast survives', 'First orders rejected: only a uniform field remains']): ax.axvspan(-1, 1, color='#d9e9ef', zorder=0) ax.axvline(-1, ls='--', color='#286a85', lw=1) ax.axvline(1, ls='--', color='#286a85', lw=1) ax.axhline(0, color='.45', lw=.8) for m in [-1, 0, 1]: pos = m * step admitted = abs(pos) < 1 color = '#286a85' if admitted else '#b65c38' ax.annotate('', (pos, .72), (pos, 0), arrowprops={'arrowstyle': '-|>', 'lw': 2, 'color': color}) ax.text(pos, .84, f'order {m:+d}' if m else 'order 0', ha='center', color=color, fontsize=10) ax.set(xlim=(-1.6, 1.6), ylim=(-.08, 1.12), yticks=[], xticks=[-1, 0, 1], xticklabels=['−cutoff', '0', '+cutoff'], title=title) axes[-1].set_xlabel(r'Transverse field spatial frequency; $\nu_c=\mathrm{NA}/\lambda$') fig.savefig('paper-1-grating-pupil.png', dpi=150, facecolor='white') plt.close(fig)