KSEMAW: an open source software for the spectrophotometric, ellipsometric and photothermal deflection spectroscopy

 The webinar is devoted to the presentation of  the kSEMAW software. kSEMAW is a useful tool for scientists and technicians dealing with optical devices based on optical coatings. More precisely, kSEMAW is a workspace for the analysis of Spectrophotometric (SP), Ellipsometric (ELI) and Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy (PDS) measurements. 

kSEMAW can:

1. simulate SP, ELI and PDS measurements of a multilayer structure, knowing the thicknesses and the complex refractive indexes of each material composing the different layers
2. predict transmittance, reflectance and absorptance (total and due to each layer) once the multilayer optical model is set
3. calculate the complex refractive index and the thickness of a given layer (if “thin” ) from experimental measurements (SP, ELI, PDS), knowing the thicknesses and the complex refractive indexes of all the other layers composing the structure
4. evaluate the mean value of physical quantities, weighted on a given international standard spectrum (such as ASTM G173-03) or on own customized reference spectrum

 kSEMAW's presentations:

The KSEMAW research activity  was financially supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programm under the grant agreement Nos 823802 (Solar Facilities for the European Research Area - Third Phase [SFERA-III]) and 952982 (Disruptive Kesterites-Based Thin Film Technologies Customised for Challenging Architectural and Active Urban Furniture Applications [Custom-Art], and the Italian Ministry of Economic Development in the framework of the Operating Agreement with ENEA for the Research on the Electric System.

KSEMAW software, being open source software, is now also offered to the VIPERLAB project and the Solar Perovskite community

• The first part of the webinar (given by Marco Montecchi) deals with the general presentation of the software (structure, installation, and main functions).

• In the second part, Alberto Mittiga will describe the mathematical functions used to model the optical constants of the materials and will show a few selected examples on PV materials

 
The kSEMAWc_v2.5 version of the open source software can be downloaded here

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Videos/slides are now available. Click on the links below in the agenda

 

Contacts to get more information about  this event:

Contacts: to get more information about  this event
	Dr. Natalia Maticiuc	HZB
	Dr. Francesco Roca	ENEA
	Dr. Manuela Ferrara	ENEA
For any technical need
	Viperlab C&D Team

Agenda

Time	Title	Speakers
14:00-14:10	Introduction	Natalia MATICIUC Technical Manager - WP11 Leader
Natalia Maticiuc introduces VIPERLAB Project Natalia MATICIUC Introduction (video) Introduction (slides)
14:10-14:35	KSEMAW;: general presentation of the software (structure, installation, and main functions)	Marco MONTECCHI Senior Researcher
The first part of the webinar (given by Marco Montecchi) deals with the general presentation of the software (structure, installation, and main functions). Marco MONTECCHI Presentation (video) Presentation (slides)
14:35-15:00	KSEMAW : Mathematical functions and their applications to PV	Alberto MITTIGA Senior Researcher
In the second part, Alberto Mittiga will describe the mathematical functions used to model the optical constants of the materials and will show a few selected examples on PV materials Alberto MITTIGA Presentation (video) Presentation (slides)
15:00-15:15	Questions & Answers