.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :caption: Contents: examples api material mathematics
The recommended way to install this software is with pip:
pip install rcwa
And that's it!
To run a simple example, run:
python -m rcwa.examples.bragg_mirror
This should run an example with a 10-layer bragg mirror (also known as a [dielectric mirror](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectric_mirror)), which can have very high reflectance near its design wavelength, and output the reflectance and transmission as a function of wavelength.
The examples folder also contains a 2D photonic crystal example called triangular_photonic_crystal.py. Running it will print the reflection and transmission coefficients, but diving into the example you can extract any quantities of interest: amplitude reflection coefficients, diffraction efficiencies for each harmonic, etc.
- Implements 1D Transfer Matrix Method for homogenous layers
- Implements full rectangular 2D RCWA for periodic layers
- Arbitrary incident wave polarization (circular, linear, elliptical)
- Arbitrary incident wave angle of incidence
- Exactly solves Maxwell's Equations for arbitrary layer stacks of any thickness
- Compute reflected power, transmitted power, and S-parameters
- Easy to use class-based syntax
- Large, fast-to-run test suite
This project is documented on [Read The Docs](https://rcwa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). For additional information, including downloading examples, you can view this project on [github](https://github.com/edmundsj/RCWA).
Author: Jordan Edmunds, UC Irvine Alumnus, UC Berkeley Ph.D. Student
Date Started: 2020/01/05
This project is distributed under the [MIT license](https://mit-license.org/).