Transfer Matrix Method implementation & RefractiveIndex.info database (2015-05-24) browser
Citations:
https://github.com/toftul/refractiveindex
Extended documentation can be found at kitchenknif.github.io/PyTMM
By default the RefractiveIndex module thinks that the RefractiveIndex.info database is installed in your home folder. If this is okay, the database can be used as follows:
catalog = RefractiveIndex()
mat = catalog.getMaterial('main', 'Si', 'Aspnes')
# wavelength in nanometers
n = mat.getRefractiveIndex(500))
n = mat.getExtinctionCoefficient(500))
If you want to have the database in a different folder, you just need to specify the path to the RefractiveIndex database:
catalog = RefractiveIndex("./path/to/folder/with/RefractiveIndex/database")
mat = catalog.getMaterial('main', 'Si', 'Aspnes')
n = mat.getRefractiveIndex(500)) # wavelength in nanometers
By default, the database is downloaded automatically on first use. If you do not want that, use RefractiveIndex(auto_download=False).
Examples of using the transferMatrix module can be found in
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+-- _PyTMM
| +-- examples
- numpy
- scipy
- pyyaml
- matplotlib (for plotting)