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    Area of Science:

    • Electromagnetics
    • Materials Science
    • Computational Physics

    Background:

    • Accurate electromagnetic simulation of multilayer thin films is crucial for device characterization and design.
    • Existing toolkits may lack efficiency or advanced features like automatic differentiation for complex optical properties.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • Introduce TFSolver, a Python toolkit for simulating planar isotropic and anisotropic multilayer thin films.
    • Highlight its parallel simulation capabilities, GPU acceleration, and automatic differentiation features.
    • Validate its accuracy and efficiency compared to existing methods.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation of the 4x4 matrix method using PyTorch.
    • Parallel simulation across broad spectral ranges and incident angles.
    • Support for GPU acceleration and automatic differentiation.

    Main Results:

    • TFSolver significantly speeds up simulations of multilayer thin-film stacks.
    • Demonstrates computational accuracy and efficiency through validation and comparison.
    • Enables gradient-based optimization and integration with deep learning for inverse design.

    Conclusions:

    • TFSolver offers accelerated computational performance for thin-film electromagnetic calculations.
    • Its automatic differentiation supports advanced applications like physics-guided inverse design.
    • It is a valuable toolkit for characterizing and designing isotropic/anisotropic materials and thin-film devices.