<p>
        Hi Eddie:
</p>
<p>
        <br>
</p>
<p>
        Thank you for your reply.     At here i only use one beam coming at 45 degree, but in the end i will use maybe four beams from different angle to implode a part of this spherical shell. So i need to keep these beams symmetric to their incident axis.    
</p>
<p>
        <br>
</p>
<p>
        2D cartesian geometry is not accuurate in this simulation, and 3D simulation spend too much time, so I need use 2D cylindrical set up to do this. 
</p>
<p>
        <br>
</p>
<p>
        Thank you for your suggestion!
</p>
<p>
        <br>
</p>
<p>
        -Ke Fang
</p>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote name="replyContent" class="ReferenceQuote" style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#b6b6b6 2px solid;margin-right:0;">
        -----原始邮件-----<br>
<b>发件人:</b><span id="rc_from">"Eddie Hansen" <ehansen@pas.rochester.edu></span><br>
<b>发送时间:</b><span id="rc_senttime">2020-09-10 19:02:33 (星期四)</span><br>
<b>收件人:</b> "方可" <kfang@iphy.ac.cn><br>
<b>抄送:</b> "Shu Zhang" <shz133@eng.ucsd.edu>, flash-users <flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu><br>
<b>主题:</b> Re: [EXT] Re: [FLASH-USERS] laser setup in cylindrical geometry<br>
<br>
        <div dir="auto">
                Not sure what else you have going on in your simulation, but why not rotate your frame of reference? The 1 beam coming in at 45 degrees is still just 1 beam pointed towards the center of a sphere. You could have it come from 0 deg (the equator), and then it will look symmetric.
        </div>
<br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">
                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">
                        On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 2:55 AM 方可 <<a href="mailto:kfang@iphy.ac.cn">kfang@iphy.ac.cn</a>> wrote:<br>
                </div>
                <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
                        <p>
                                <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;">Hi Shu:</span> 
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                <br>
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;">Thank you for your explanation, this make sense and now i understand why at the pole end the intensity is always stronger. I will try some other methods like 3D simulation. </span> 
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;"><br>
</span> 
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;">Best regards,</span> 
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;"><br>
</span> 
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;">-Ke Fang</span> 
                        </p>
<br>
                        <blockquote name="replyContent" style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#b6b6b6 2px solid;margin-right:0;">
                                -----原始邮件-----<br>
<b>发件人:</b><span id="m_5853046075679043878rc_from">"Shu Zhang" <<a href="mailto:shz133@eng.ucsd.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">shz133@eng.ucsd.edu</a>></span><br>
<b>发送时间:</b><span id="m_5853046075679043878rc_senttime">2020-09-10 12:34:17 (星期四)</span><br>
<b>收件人:</b> "方可" <<a href="mailto:kfang@iphy.ac.cn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kfang@iphy.ac.cn</a>><br>
<b>抄送:</b> "<a href="mailto:flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu</a>><br>
<b>主题:</b> Re: [FLASH-USERS] laser setup in cylindrical geometry<br>
<br>
Hi Ke, 
                                <div>
                                        <br>
                                </div>
                                <div>
                                        After 3D-in-2D projection, the simulation is working like you have a ring of lasers injected at 45 deg. So at the pole, you have higher overlapped intensity, but at the equator, the averaged intensity is lower. This is real<span style="color:#000000;"> when multiple large spot beams are injected at 45 deg. </span><br>
                                        <div>
                                                <br>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                                -Shu
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                                <br>
                                                <blockquote type="cite">
                                                        <div>
                                                                On Sep 9, 2020, at 8:32 PM, 方可 <<a href="mailto:kfang@iphy.ac.cn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kfang@iphy.ac.cn</a>> wrote:
                                                        </div>
<br>
                                                        <div>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        Shu:
                                                                </p>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        <br>
                                                                </p>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        Thank you very much for your answer, but i think there is still some problem.  What i mean is when i inject the laser with 45 deg, truly the intensity and energy is not uniform, but i think it should be symmetrically to the 45 degree injection axis.  
                                                                </p>
<br>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        When i use the cartesian geometry without 3Din2D laser setup, the results is symmetrical, but I need run this in cylindrical geometry. I added 2 screenshot of these results of pressure distribution in the mail attachment.
                                                                </p>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        <br>
                                                                </p>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        Thank you for your help! 
                                                                </p>
                                                                <div>
                                                                          <br>
                                                                </div>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        -Ke Fang
                                                                </p>
                                                                <p>
                                                                        <br>
                                                                </p>
                                                                <blockquote name="replyContent" style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#b6b6b6 2px solid;margin-right:0;">
                                                                        -----原始邮件-----<br>
<b>发件人:</b><span id="m_5853046075679043878rc_from">"Shu Zhang" <<a href="mailto:shuzhang@princeton.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">shuzhang@princeton.edu</a>></span><br>
<b>发送时间:</b><span id="m_5853046075679043878rc_senttime">2020-09-10 10:56:45 (星期四)</span><br>
<b>收件人:</b> "方可" <<a href="mailto:kfang@iphy.ac.cn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kfang@iphy.ac.cn</a>><br>
<b>抄送:</b> "<a href="mailto:flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flash-users@flash.uchicago.edu</a>><br>
<b>主题:</b> Re: [FLASH-USERS] laser setup in cylindrical geometry<br>
<br>
Hi Ke,
                                                                        <div>
                                                                                <br>
                                                                        </div>
                                                                        <div>
                                                                                Your settings are correct. The 3D in 2D laser ray tracing is calculating the laser ray deflection and the energy deposition in 3D and then project the energy deposition on the 2D RZ coordinates. Thus, when the laser is injected in 45 deg, naturally
 the projected energy deposition is not really uniform. It would look like uniform if you have a planar target normal to the Z(Y) axis. 
                                                                        </div>
                                                                        <div>
                                                                                <br>
                                                                        </div>
                                                                        <div>
                                                                                -Shu
                                                                        </div>
                                                                        <div>
                                                                                <div>
                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                <blockquote type="cite">
                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                On Sep 9, 2020, at 7:42 PM, 方可 <<a href="mailto:kfang@iphy.ac.cn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kfang@iphy.ac.cn</a>> wrote:
                                                                                                        </div>
<br>
                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        Hi, everyone:
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        My simulation is using one laser beam irradiate on a spherical shell, and this laser beam have a 45 degree angle to x-axis. I used the cylindrical geometry, and from the output hdf5 files, I found that the intensity of laser is not symmetrically on the surface
 of the shell. But when i used the cartesian geometry with same 45 degree incident laser, the intensity on the shell is uniform and symmetrically.
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        I guess here are some problems when i'm seting up the laser beam. My laser setup in the .par file is as follows:
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                useEnergyDeposition = .true.
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_maxRayCount      = 20000
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_gradOrder        = 2
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                # Activate 3D-in-2D ray trace:
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_laser3Din2D           = .true.
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_laser3Din2DwedgeAngle = 0.1
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ### LASER IO OPTIONS ###
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_useLaserIO                  = .true.
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_laserIOMaxNumberOfPositions = 10000
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_laserIOMaxNumberOfRays      = 128
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ### SETUP LASER PULSES ###
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_numberOfPulses = 1<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span> 
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                # Define Pulse 1:
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_numberOfSections_1 = 4<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span> 
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_time_1_1  = 0.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_time_1_2  = 0.01e-09
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_time_1_3  = 0.50e-09
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_time_1_4  = 0.51e-09
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_power_1_1 = 0.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_power_1_2 = 1.52e+012
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_power_1_3 = 1.52e+012
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_power_1_4 = 0.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ### SETUP LASER BEAM ###
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_numberOfBeams = 1
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                # Setup Gaussian Beam:
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_lensX_1                    =  10.0<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span> 
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_lensZ_1                    =  10.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_lensY_1                    =  0.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_lensSemiAxisMajor_1        =  3.0e-01
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_targetX_1                  =  212.0e-04
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_targetZ_1                  =  212.0e-04
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_targetY_1                  =  0.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_targetSemiAxisMajor_1      =  225.0e-04
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_targetSemiAxisMinor_1      =  225.0e-04
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                <br>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_pulseNumber_1              =  1
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_wavelength_1               =  0.351
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_crossSectionFunctionType_1 = "gaussian2D"
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_gaussianExponent_1         =  4.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_gaussianRadiusMajor_1      =  212e-04
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_gaussianRadiusMinor_1      =  212e-04
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_numberOfRays_1             =  4096
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_gridType_1                 = "radial2D"
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_gridnRadialTics_1          =  64
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_semiAxisMajorTorsionAngle_1=  0.0
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                        <div>
                                                                                                                                ed_semiAxisMajorTorsionAxis_1 = "x"
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        And in mesh parameters:
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        geometry = "cylindrical"<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span> 
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        And, this shell is a hollow spherical shell with outer radius 300 microns and inner radius 150 microns.
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        So, what should i do to let the intensity of the laser on the shell to be symmetrically to the 45 degree incident axis? 
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        Thank you for your attention and help !
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        Best regards,
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <br>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                <div style="font-family:"lucida Grande",Verdana,"Microsoft YaHei";font-size:14px;white-space:normal;background-color:#ffffff;">
                                                                                                                        <hr align="left" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;border-top:0px;border-right:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#e4e5e6;height:0px;line-height:0;font-size:0px;padding:20px 0px 0px;width:50px;">
                                                                                                                        <div style="font-family:Verdana;">
                                                                                                                                <div>
                                                                                                                                        <span style="font-size:small;">Ke Fang</span> 
                                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                                <div>
                                                                                                                                        <span style="line-height:22.1px;font-size:x-small;"><br>
</span> 
                                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                                <div>
                                                                                                                                        <span style="line-height:22.1px;font-size:x-small;">phd student</span> 
                                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                                <div>
                                                                                                                                        <span style="line-height:22.1px;font-size:x-small;">Chinese Academy of Sciences</span> 
                                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                                </div>
                                                                                                        </div>
                                                                                                </blockquote>
                                                                                        </div>
<br>
                                                                                </div>
                                                                        </div>
                                                                </blockquote>
<span id="m_5853046075679043878cid:0881EF10-9C37-4011-8F1A-5FE879142424"><45degree_cartesian.PNG></span><span id="m_5853046075679043878cid:20BB5A07-7D96-4795-97B4-255083219973"><45degree_cylindrical.PNG></span> 
                                                        </div>
                                                </blockquote>
                                        </div>
<br>
                                </div>
                        </blockquote>
                </blockquote>
        </div>
</blockquote>