"""Compare equal incoherent Airy sources (Python 3.14, NumPy, Matplotlib). Run from _media; the opaque PNG is written into the current directory. Each source carries half the fixed total flux; panels share the same scale. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np FIRST_ZERO = 3.8317059702075125 _nodes, _weights = np.polynomial.legendre.leggauss(128) _angles = (_nodes + 1) * np.pi / 2 def bessel_j(order, argument): """Jn(u) = pi^-1 integral_0^pi cos(u sin(t) - n t) dt.""" values = np.asarray(argument, dtype=float) flat = values.ravel() result = np.empty_like(flat) for start in range(0, flat.size, 2048): part = flat[start:start + 2048] phase = part[:, None] * np.sin(_angles) - order * _angles result[start:start + part.size] = np.cos(phase) @ (_weights / 2) return result.reshape(values.shape) def airy_intensity(argument): """Peak-normalized intensity; series avoids small-u cancellation.""" values = np.asarray(argument, dtype=float) small = np.abs(values) < 0.1 amplitude = np.empty_like(values) square = values[small] ** 2 amplitude[small] = 1 - square / 8 + square ** 2 / 192 - square ** 3 / 9216 amplitude[~small] = 2 * bessel_j(1, values[~small]) / values[~small] return amplitude ** 2 def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 11, "axes.spines.top": False, "axes.spines.right": False, "figure.facecolor": "white", "axes.facecolor": "white"}) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(10.2, 4), sharex=True, sharey=True, layout="constrained") x = np.linspace(-2.4, 2.4, 2401) for ax, separation in zip(axes, (0.7, 1, 1.5), strict=True): left = 0.5 * airy_intensity(FIRST_ZERO * (x + separation / 2)) right = 0.5 * airy_intensity(FIRST_ZERO * (x - separation / 2)) ax.plot(x, left + right, color="#183b55", linewidth=2.3, label="Sum") ax.plot(x, left, color="#2578b1", linestyle="--", linewidth=1.5, label="Left source") ax.plot(x, right, color="#ca6900", linestyle="--", linewidth=1.5, label="Right source") for centre in (-separation / 2, separation / 2): ax.axvline(centre, color="#888888", linewidth=0.9, linestyle=":") ax.set(xlim=(-2.4, 2.4), ylim=(-0.02, 0.78), xlabel=r"Position $x/s_{\rm R}$", title=rf"$s={separation:g}s_{{\rm R}}$") ax.grid(alpha=0.18) axes[0].set_ylabel("Intensity / single-source peak\n(at the same total flux)") axes[0].legend(loc="upper left", fontsize=9, frameon=False) axes[1].annotate("26.50% dip", xy=(0, 0.367515832), xytext=(-1.3, 0.65), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#183b55"}, fontsize=10) fig.suptitle("Two equal incoherent sources: intensity adds continuously", fontsize=15) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / (Path(__file__).stem + ".png"), dpi=140, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()