Electromagnetic Spectrum

EMSpectrum is a little script to handle frequencies and wavelengths values of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is basically classes providing a few convenient methods to

• determine in which part of the spectrum a given value is

• convert:

  • wavelengths to frequencies
  • frequencies to wavelengths
  • units of magnitude

EXAMPLE

• Instantiate an EMSpectrum object:

    ems = EMSpectrum()
  

• Determine the frequency range of the infrared spectrum

    >>> ems.infrared_rad.freq
    >>> [300000000000.0, 100000000000000.0]
    >>> ems.infrared_rad.freq_unit
    >>> 'Hz'
  

• Convert the frequency range of the infrared spectrum in wavelength

    >>> ems.infrared_rad.freq.to_wave()
    >>> [3e-06, 0.001]
    >>> ems.infrared_rad.wave_unit
    >>> 'm'
  

TODO

• Sort the ranges properly
• Write some tests
• Add dynamic methods
• Improve the documentation