Using the TMM solver to calculate the reflection of a multilayered ARC ====================================================================== .. image:: RAT_of_ARC.png :width: 50% - Required extra files, available in `Solcore's Github repository (Examples folder) `_: - AlInP_nk.csv - GaInP_nk.csv - MgF_nk.csv - SiCx_nk.csv - ZnS_nk.csv .. code-block:: Python from scipy.interpolate import interp1d import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from solcore.structure import Structure from solcore.absorption_calculator import calculate_rat E_eV = np.linspace(0.65, 4, 1000) def nk_convert(fname, energy): """ Designed to handle nk data files""" # Import data... E_n, n, E_k, k = np.loadtxt(fname, delimiter=",", unpack=True) print("File :: " + fname + " :: Imported Successfully!") # Interpolate data... n_interp = interp1d(E_n, n, bounds_error=False, fill_value=(n[0], n[-1]))(energy) k_interp = interp1d(E_k, k, bounds_error=False, fill_value=(k[0], k[-1]))(energy) return (energy, n_interp, k_interp) # Load nk data using nk_convert function... alinp_nk = nk_convert("AlInP_nk.csv", energy=E_eV) gainp_nk = nk_convert("GaInP_nk.csv", energy=E_eV) mgf_nk = nk_convert("MgF_nk.csv", energy=E_eV) sic_nk = nk_convert("SiCx_nk.csv", energy=E_eV) zns_nk = nk_convert("ZnS_nk.csv", energy=E_eV) # Build the optical stack... stack = Structure([ [117, 1240 / E_eV, mgf_nk[1], mgf_nk[2]], [80, 1240 / E_eV, sic_nk[1], sic_nk[2]], [61, 1240 / E_eV, zns_nk[1], zns_nk[2]], [25, 1240 / E_eV, alinp_nk[1], alinp_nk[2]], [350000, 1240 / E_eV, gainp_nk[1], gainp_nk[2]] ]) angles = np.linspace(0, 80, 10) RAT_angles = [] print("Calculate RAT ::") for theta in angles: print("Calculating at angle :: %4.1f deg" % theta) # Calculate RAT data... rat_data = calculate_rat(stack, angle=theta, wavelength=1240 / E_eV) RAT_angles.append((theta, rat_data["R"], rat_data["A"])) colors = plt.cm.jet(np.linspace(1, 0, len(RAT_angles))) fig, ax2 = plt.subplots(1, 1) for i, RAT in enumerate(RAT_angles): ax2.plot(1240 / E_eV, RAT[1] * 100, ls="-", color=colors[i], label="%4.1f$^\circ$" % RAT[0]) ax2.plot(1240 / E_eV, RAT[2] * 100, ls="--", color=colors[i]) ax2.set_ylim([0, 100]) ax2.set_xlim([300, 1800]) ax2.set_xlabel("Wavelength (nm)") ax2.set_ylabel("Reflection and Transmission (%)") ax2.legend(loc=5) ax2.text(0.05, 0.45, '(a)', transform=ax2.transAxes, fontsize=12) plt.tight_layout(w_pad=4) plt.show()