Python tools for X-ray diffraction in perfect crystals.

Contains code to calculate diffraction for perfect crystals using dynamical diffraction theory. It uses the Zachariasen formalism. It contain tools to simulate polarization of crystals by Mueller/Stokes optics.

https://crystalpy.readthedocs.io/

https://github.com/oasys-kit/crystalpy

Crystalpy can be installed with Python 3.x:

$ python -m pip install crystalpy

J-P Guigay and M Sanchez del Rio "Diffracted amplitudes for perfect crystals derived from solutions of Takagi-Taupin equations and numerical implementation in the crystalpy library." (In preparation).

The Ms Thesis related to this project is https://github.com/oasys-kit/documents/blob/master/cappelli-tesi.pdf

A graphical interface is available under Oasys: https://github.com/oasys-kit/OASYS-CRYSTALPY