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Complex refraction index of a coating

  • October 25, 2023
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Federico D'Isa

Is there a way to plot/save the complex part of the refraction index of a (multilayer) coating? 

I can find the complex refraction index for a single layer of  a coating in the COATING.DAT, but not for multilayer coatings. Moreover, encrypted coating do not have details on their single layers, so I cannot reconstruct anyway the complex refraction index. 

 

Best answer by Mark.Nicholson

I don’t believe there is. The provided plots show the Reflectivity, Transmission, Absorption and Phase of the coating, but I don't think the effective complex index of the whole stack is presented anywhere. 

You may have more luck with a coatings design program like the Essential Macleod.

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I don’t believe there is. The provided plots show the Reflectivity, Transmission, Absorption and Phase of the coating, but I don't think the effective complex index of the whole stack is presented anywhere. 

You may have more luck with a coatings design program like the Essential Macleod.

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