Interactive Demo: Optical Reflectance and Transmittance with Transfer-Matrix Method

Created: 16 February 2020

Introduction

We developed an interactive demo that calculates optical reflectance (R) and transmittance (T) of a thin film stack based on transfer-matrix method.

The demo allows a user to provide information of a thin film stack to get R / T heatmaps. A user can closely inspect R / T at different excitation conditions by slicing across wavelength and angle of incidence.

We hope the demo can help students, as well as professionals, to improve their understanding in optical interference of a medium stack, such as Fabry–Pérot interferometer and anti-reflective coating.

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Demo

Click below to launch an interactive demo notebook on binder.
The demo is written in Python. Source code is available on GitHub.
Launch Binder

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Demo Snapshots

Example 1: Startup Interface

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Example 2: R / T Heatmaps based on User’s Input

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Example 3: Wavelength Slicer