Units

WrightTools provides its own units system. You can use it directly, if you wish.

>>> import WrightTools as wt
>>> wt.units.convert(2., 'eV', 'nm')
619.9209921660013

Under the hood, the WrightTools units system is backed by a Pint <https://pint.readthedocs.io unit registry. This registry has all of the units in the default Pint registry, plus a few added by WrightTools (including some extra aliases of pint units for backwards compatibility with older WrightTools). Additionally this unit registry automatically enables the spectroscopy context as well as a custom context for handling delay behavior (which inserts a factor of 2 as delays typically increase the path of light by two times their physical movement).

The pint unit registry can be directly accessed at wt.units.ureg.

To query whether a specific conversion is applicable, you can use wt.units.is_valid_conversion(). To get a list of commonly used units that are valid conversions, you can use wt.units.get_valid_conversions().

This same units system enables the units-aware properties throughout WrightTools.

The units system also provides a symbol for many units, enabling easy plotting. You can get the symbol using wt.units.get_symbol().

The following table contains units commonly used in WrightTools, though many others (including compound units) may be used if desired.

name

description

symbol

rad

radian

\(\omega\)

deg

degrees

\(\omega\)

fs

femtoseconds

\(\tau\)

ps

picoseconds

\(\tau\)

ns

nanoseconds

\(\tau\)

nm

nanometers

\(\lambda\)

wn

wavenumbers

\(\bar{\nu}\)

eV

electronvolts

\(\hslash\omega\)

meV

millielectronvolts

\(\hslash\omega\)

Hz

hertz

\(f\)

THz

terahertz

\(f\)

GHz

gigahertz

\(f\)

K

kelvin

\(T\)

deg_C

celsius

\(T\)

deg_F

fahrenheit

\(T\)

mOD

mOD

None

OD

OD

None

nm_p

nanometers

None

um

microns

\(\lambda\)

mm

millimeters

\(\lambda\)

cm

centimeters

\(\lambda\)

in

inches

\(\lambda\)

fs_t

femtoseconds

\(\tau\)

ps_t

picoseconds

\(\tau\)

ns_t

nanoseconds

\(\tau\)

us_t

microseconds

\(\tau\)

ms_t

milliseconds

\(\tau\)

s_t

seconds

\(\tau\)

m_t

minutes

\(\tau\)

h_t

hours

\(\tau\)

d_t

days

\(\tau\)