The modelling of photon optical systems for third generation synchrotrons and free electron lasers, where the radiation has a high degree of coherence, requires the complex electric field of the radiation to be computed accurately, taking into account the detailed properties of the source, and then propagated across the optical elements – so called wavefront propagation. This chapter gives overviews of two different numerical approaches, used in the wavefront propagation codes SRW and PHASE. Comparisons of the results from these codes for some simple test cases are presented, along with details of the numerical parameters used in the tests.
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Bowler, M., Bahrdt, J., Chubar, O. (2008). Wavefront Propagation. In: Erko, A., Idir, M., Krist, T., Michette, A.G. (eds) Modern Developments in X-Ray and Neutron Optics. Springer Series in optical science, vol 137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74561-7_5
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