rcwa 0.1.51

Python Implementation of Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis

Getting Started

Installation

The recommended way to install this software is with pip:

pip install rcwa

And that's it!

Hello World Program

To run a simple example, run:

python -m rcwa.examples.bragg_mirror

This should run an example with a 10-layer bragg mirror (also known as a dielectric mirror), which can have very high reflectance near its design wavelength, and output the reflectance as a function of wavelength.

Features

• Implements 1D Transfer Matrix Method for homogenous layers
• Implements full rectangular 2D RCWA for periodic layers
• Arbitrary incident wave polarization (circular, linear, elliptical)
• Arbitrary incident wave angle of incidence
• Exactly solves Maxwell's Equations for arbitrary layer stacks of any thickness
• Compute reflected power, transmitted power, and S-parameters
• Easy to use class-based syntax
• Large, fast-to-run test suite

Documentation

This project is documented on Read The Docs. For additional information, including downloading examples, you can view this project on github.

Author: Jordan Edmunds, UC Irvine Alumnus, UC Berkeley Ph.D. Student

Date Started: 2020/01/05

License

This project is distributed under the MIT license.