Recent content by Jett

Hello everyone, it has been a while. I was able to determine formulas that find the true angles of propagation from the components of the wave vector (see Electromagnetic Theory by Julius Adams Stratton or the source Dr Transport suggests). To use those true angles, effective ##n## and...

Oh, it was simply a realistic illustration of a situation where the incident medium is lossy. It should be able to be modeled with the interference equations when I figure everything out, right?. Unfortunately, no. Well, I can understand the code itself, but I seem to be having problems...

Ah, thank you for this! Here's one realistic scenario I've thought of that I presented to the other person, and hopefully it could give us something concrete to talk about: an insect trapped in amber. Insects display interference effects, and the incident medium, the amber, is lossy. From what...

Definitely! Thanks for directing me to the reference! I filed for an interlibrary loan, and hopefully I can access it soon! While I'm not yet able to see the source, I will say that there's something that stuck out to me with what you show here. I have never seen ##k_x## related to...

Thanks! Although, I will say that I've really only been making materials (many modeling projects have turned into long material studies), and my modeling skills... need work, hah! Right! Although, from my research of different matrix formalisms for interference, it seems relatively simple to...

Oh, it seems I can't edit a post after 6 hours... Well, here is what I (hopefully) understand about the given terms and variables in the article: ##\theta_j##, where ##j=i,r,t##, describes the the angles that the light makes with the surface. The angle can be found by...

Oh man, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for it to come off that way. I have been reading and re-reading the paper, trying to understand how to derive everything, but I simply didn't understand. I realize now how much I was asking (I'll make sure to ask my questions in more bite size pieces now), and...

Hey everyone! I joined this forum to hopefully get some help on a project I'm working on. I got sucked into physics through the project, and it's been very fun and interesting. I honestly don't yet understand much of what I've researched, but I'm trying to push through with the math presented...

I have been working a project of creating a simulation of thin-film interference in a 3D modeling program, Blender, to be able to create materials that would use its effects. While uncommon, I would love for it to be able to correctly calculate reflectance and transmittance when the incident...