Matrix method for thin film optics

2018/09/20 by Leandro N. Acquaroli, Acquaroli, Leandro N.
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1809.07708

openalex publication_date 2018/09/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Review of a matrix method used in optics of thin films for the calculation of reflectance, transmittance, absorptance, the electric field distribution inside the stack and the photonic dispersion considering the stack as perfect unidimensional crystals -Distributed Bragg mirrors-. We emphasizes the discussion on transfer matrices and give an alternative approach with scattering matrices for the propagation of light as plane waves through a homogeneous layered system.

Citations

• Classical Electrodynamics

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