Ray tracing package for optical systems targeted for x-ray and synchrotron optics.
https://shadow4.readthedocs.io/
https://github.com/oasys-kit/shadow4
Shadow4 can be installed with Python 3.x:
$ python -m pip install shadow4A graphical interface is available under Oasys: https://github.com/oasys-kit/OASYS1-shadow4
To cite shadow4, please use:
Manuel Sanchez del Rio et al 2025 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 3010 012071 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3010/1/012071
Other notes or papers with methods and algorithms related to SHADOW4 are:
- Modelling undulators in ray tracing simulations http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600577525000190
- Ray tracing simulations of bending magnet sources with SHADOW4 https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.16446
- Conic Surfaces and Transformations for X-Ray Beamline Optics Modeling https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.04079
- Equations and models used for crystals http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160057752400924X