Review and Novel Formulae for Transmittance and Reflectance of Wedged Thin Films on absorbing Substrates

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Autori principali: Ballester, Manuel, Marquez, Emilio, Bass, John, Wuersch, Christoph, Willomitzer, Florian, Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.
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author Ballester, Manuel
Marquez, Emilio
Bass, John
Wuersch, Christoph
Willomitzer, Florian
Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.
author_facet Ballester, Manuel
Marquez, Emilio
Bass, John
Wuersch, Christoph
Willomitzer, Florian
Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.
contents Historically, spectroscopic techniques have been essential for studying the optical properties of thin solid films. However, existing formulae for both normal transmission and reflection spectroscopy often rely on simplified theoretical assumptions, which may not accurately align with real-world conditions. For instance, it is common to assume (1) that the thin solid layers are deposited on completely transparent thick substrates and (2) that the film surface forms a specular plane with a relatively small wedge angle. While recent studies have addressed these assumptions separately, this work presents an integrated framework that eliminates both assumptions simultaneously. In addition, the current work presents a deep review of various formulae from the literature, each with their corresponding levels of complexity. Our review analysis highlights a critical trade-off between computational complexity and expression accuracy, where the newly developed formulae offer enhanced accuracy at the expense of increased computational time. Our user-friendly code, which includes several classical transmittance and reflectance formulae from the literature and our newly proposed expressions, is publicly available in both Python and Matlab at this link.
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spellingShingle Review and Novel Formulae for Transmittance and Reflectance of Wedged Thin Films on absorbing Substrates
Ballester, Manuel
Marquez, Emilio
Bass, John
Wuersch, Christoph
Willomitzer, Florian
Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.
Materials Science
Computational Physics
Optics
Historically, spectroscopic techniques have been essential for studying the optical properties of thin solid films. However, existing formulae for both normal transmission and reflection spectroscopy often rely on simplified theoretical assumptions, which may not accurately align with real-world conditions. For instance, it is common to assume (1) that the thin solid layers are deposited on completely transparent thick substrates and (2) that the film surface forms a specular plane with a relatively small wedge angle. While recent studies have addressed these assumptions separately, this work presents an integrated framework that eliminates both assumptions simultaneously. In addition, the current work presents a deep review of various formulae from the literature, each with their corresponding levels of complexity. Our review analysis highlights a critical trade-off between computational complexity and expression accuracy, where the newly developed formulae offer enhanced accuracy at the expense of increased computational time. Our user-friendly code, which includes several classical transmittance and reflectance formulae from the literature and our newly proposed expressions, is publicly available in both Python and Matlab at this link.
title Review and Novel Formulae for Transmittance and Reflectance of Wedged Thin Films on absorbing Substrates
topic Materials Science
Computational Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02323