def next_waist (   self  ) 

Definition at line 206 of file general_optics.py.

00206                             :
00207                 "find the distance to the next waist on either of our principal axes.  If the number is negative, we are past the waist."
00208                 theta, qx, qy=self.q_moments()
00209                 qxr=qx.real
00210                 qyr=qy.real
00211                 if qxr*qyr < 0:
00212                         return -min((qxr,qyr)) #one is negative, use it
00213                 else:
00214                         return -max((qxr, qyr)) #the least negative one is the first waist, or no waist if both positive
00215                 
        def rwstr(self, qi):


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