zernike_radial_indices

hcipy.mode_basis.zernike_radial_indices(num_modes)[source]

Return the first num_modes unique (n, m) pairs for radial Zernike polynomials.

The ordering is:

n = 0, m = 0 n = 1, m = 1 n = 2, m = 0, 2 n = 3, m = 1, 3 n = 4, m = 0, 2, 4 …

Parameters:
num_modesint

Number of unique radial Zernike polynomials.

Returns:
list of tuple

List of (n, m) pairs.