Adding the Imaginary Refractive Index#
In contrast to RasCAL-1, RAT allows the inclusion of the imaginary part of the refractive index to the project. The exact method of doing this varies according to the calculation type, but at the project top-level, the method of enabling it is always the same. If the project is called ‘problem’, then:
problem.absorption = true;
problem.absorption = True
How this is then handled depends on the calculation type.
Standard Layers Models#
The imaginary refractive index appears as a new column in the ‘Layers’ block.
p Name Thickness SLD Roughness Hydration Hydrate with
_ ____________________ _________________ ________________________ _________________ _________________ ____________
1 "Hydrogenated Heads" "Heads Thickness" "Hydrogenated Heads SLD" "Heads Roughness" "Heads Hydration" "bulk out"
2 "Deuterated Heads" "Heads Thickness" "Deuterated Heads SLD" "Heads Roughness" "Heads Hydration" "bulk out"
3 "Hydrogenated Tails" "Tails Thickness" "Hydrogenated Tails SLD" "Tails Roughness" "" "bulk out"
4 "Deuterated Tails" "Tails Thickness" "Deuterated Tails SLD" "Tails Roughness" "" "bulk out"
+-------+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------+
| index | name | thickness | SLD real | SLD imaginary | roughness | hydration | hydrate with |
+-------+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------+
| 0 | Hydrogenated Heads | Heads Thickness | Hydrogenated Heads SLD | | Heads Roughness | Heads Hydration | bulk out |
| 1 | Deuterated Heads | Heads Thickness | Deuterated Heads SLD | | Heads Roughness | Heads Hydration | bulk out |
| 2 | Hydrogenated Tails | Tails Thickness | Hydrogenated Tails SLD | | Tails Roughness | | bulk out |
| 3 | Deuterated Tails | Tails Thickness | Deuterated Tails SLD | | Tails Roughness | | bulk out |
+-------+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------+---------------+-----------------+-----------------+--------------+
Then, the value of this column are set (from the Parameters block) in the same way as all the other cells in the table.
Custom Models#
For custom models, an extra column is also required in the output from the custom function.
So, for example, in the /examples/miscellaneous/absorption folder, there is a Custom Layers example including absorption. In this example (a bilayer on a gold surface) an imaginary SLD is required for the metal layers:
GOLD = [goldThick goldSLD goldISLD goldRough];
alloyUp = [alloyThick alloySLDUp alloyISLDUp alloyRough];
alloyDown = [alloyThick alloySLDDown alloyISLDDown alloyRough];
gold = [goldThick, goldSLD, goldISLD, goldRough]
alloyUp = [alloyThick, alloySLDUp, alloyISLDUp, alloyRough]
alloyDown = [alloyThick, alloySLDDown, alloyISLDDown, alloyRough]
but there is no imaginary component expected for the organic layers (but the extra column is still necessary).
BILTAILS = [thickTail, sldTail, 0, bilayerRough]
BILHEAD = [thickHead, sldHead, 0, bilayerRough]
BILME = [thickMe, sldMe, 0, bilayerRough]
BILTAILS = [thickTail, sldTail, 0, bilayerRough]
BILHEAD = [thickHead, sldHead, 0, bilayerRough]
BILME = [thickMe, sldMe, 0, bilayerRough]
For custom XY models, it is necessary to construct a profile which represents the imaginary SLD across the sample, and this then appears as am extra column in the output:
output = [X1, SLD1, SLD_im_1,
X2, SLD2, SLD_im_2,
...
Xn, SLDn, SLD_im_n] ;