Planar multilayer structure analysis: an educational approach

Abstract

This paper discusses how symbolic computation combined with a circuit model can be used for analyzing planar multilayer structures, in a manner suitable for educational approach. Working in the Fourier domain, expressions for the transversal spectral Green's functions are evaluated in compact, closed form using the symbolic computation capability of the Mathematica package. Printed antennas were analyzed through the method of moments. Further validation was achieved with the IE3D and HFSS packages.

Deduction of Electric Field Module in a Multilayer of Isotropic Materials to Detect Surface Plasmons with a Graphical User Interface

“…Light propagation over multilayer thin film structures have been widely studied in optics [1] - [2] , applied physics [3] - [4] , bio-sensing [5] - [6] and applied electromagnetism [7] - [8] . This article presents an analytical deduction of electric field module in multilayer systems of isotropic layered thin film media, a graphical user interface (GUI) is designed to plot optical functions of reflectance, transmittance and absorptance depending on the incidence angle of a monochromatic source of light.…”