Manual
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Utilization of the code is stipulates agreement with these terms and conditions.
The manual is currently also in three PDF files. The PDF files are more up to
date than the web pages (24/3/2000)
Contents, (21kb)
Manual : Graphical User Interface Overview and general program controls, (1210kB).
Tutorial 1: Omni directional reflectance
using Dmitry
Chigrin's Bragg stack structure, (1040kB).
Tutorial
2: Code updates & enhanced capability: Includes Smith's planar cavity defect.
(449kB)
Please check the code updates page for
issues / template instructions which are not currently incorporated into the
manual.
Please note that the manual HTML pages and the PDF file are still under
development and will be updated regularly. The version posted presently is
relates to the most recent version of code poseted. Last updated :
Contents
Pre-defined Systems
Setting up for the first time.
Running the code.
Modifications
Summary / Start Menu
Structure Menu
Features
Discretisation mesh used to represent structure
Lattice constant & cell size
Chunk / Cell Magnification
Controls Menu
Incidence Menu
Advanced / Help Menu
Input File Generation / Reload
Miscellaneous
Templates Menu
Licence Menu
DEBUG: Debugging Option.
AVS: Advanced Visual Systems File Output (AVS)
READONCE: Reads parameters once.
DEFECTS: Defects.
Features: ANYBAR, ANYROTBAR, ANYCYL, ANYSPHERE
BUILDBLOCK: Builds a large representative matrix.
XMAG,YMAG,ZMAG Expansion factors.
COEFF: Transmission Coefficient / Band Structure Calculation
XSIZE,YSIZE,ZSIZE Global Discretisation Mesh
ISUB: Sub Mesh Size
EMACH: Machine Accuracy
CIKVAL: Filter on Eigen Values
Dielectric Constant related parameters.
Frequency of Interest.
Controlling the plane wave incidence.
Miscellaneous Parameters
FRNOP: Filling Ratio Number of Points.
ASPECT: Cell aspect ratio.
DEFECTR/A: Controlling the defects.
ROVERA: Controlling the element size.
COATING
SINTERING
Terminology
Using CELLS
Using BLOCKS
Additional Added Code Capabilities.
Coatings.
Sintering.
