rayflare 1.2.0

Python-based integrated optical modelling

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# rayflare Open-source, integrated optical modelling of complex stacks. RayFlare incorporates the transfer-matrix method (TMM), ray-tracing and rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA/FMM), in addition to an angular redistribution matrix method which allows multiple methods to be coupled across a single structure to calculate total absorption/reflection/transmission, absorption per layer, and absorption profiles.

You can view RayFlare’s documentation, including installation instructions [here](https://rayflare.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). The contributing guidelines are [here](CONTRIBUTING.md) and the Code of Conduct is [here](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). This package is distributed under a [GNU GPL (version 3) license](GNU_GPL_v3.txt). If you have questions, issues, etc., please check the documentation first or open an [issue](https://github.com/qpv-research-group/rayflare/issues) using the relevant template.

If you use RayFlare in your work, please cite the [JOSS paper](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03460):

Pearce, P. M., (2021). RayFlare: flexible optical modelling of solar cells. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(65), 3460. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03460