A. Determination of the amplitudes of the field: the scattering matrix method U Ton aft Zisi Ziet* * Interface / Interface f41 Figure A.1: Schematic representation of the T-matrix between a layer | and a layer ! + reflection and transmission coefficients ‘The transmission matrix Vj. links the amplitude of the field just before and just after the inter- face I, +1. The propagation matrix P; represents the wave propagation in layer I. The transfer matrix Gj describes the fact that to propagate from a position 7 in layer l to a position 2, in layer I+ 1, a wave must propagate in the medium of layer I from zf to 27, and then cross the (as depicted in Fig. 1.5). The relation between the amplitudes interface I, +1 from ;,, to in layer 0 and layer L where the flux is calculated becomes ho) [Ete g \e J =(TTiuaha )i (65) (*] (fi vee :) * ole] =e = 5 Cc. fats) feral ] (A.66) tao D, This relation shows that the calculation of the coetficients in layer 0 and layer I. where the flux is calculated requires multiple products of the elements of the transfer matrix G, and therefore of thy (G8), which can be very small or very large depending of the value of k,, and of the thickness of the layer 2). —2). This leads to the complex increasing and decreasing exponential terms ¢ numerical difficulties when k, is large (case of evanescent waves), and when the number of layers between layers s and 1 or when the film thicknesses are too large. This is why the ‘F-matrix method is not appropriate for numerical calculations of near-field thermal radiation in one-dimensional layered media To solve the problem of numerical instabilities, we use a modified version of the T-matrix method, called scattering matrix method (S-matrix). This method was applied by Drevillon [1] and Fran- coeur [2] for the calculation of near-field thermal radiation in 1D-layered media. ‘The S-mattix method consists in expressing the coefficient in layer { directly as a function of the coefficient in 128 ‘este tase est accesile 3 adresse : hep /theses nse lyon /publiation/2016LYS! {© [eSlandel, 2016), NSA Lyon, tous dots réservés‘A, Determination of the amplitudes of the field: the scattering matrix method layer 0 Ar|_ =) [Ao (* soo[*| «sn The relations linking the $-matrix between 0 and 1, §(0,1), and between 0 and [+1, §(0,1 +1), need to be determined. The matrix relation between Ap, Bo, Aj and B, can be written as the following system Aj = $31(0, Ag + $12(0, DB; ‘ m %r (as) By = S21(0,DAo + S22(0, DB, ‘The T:matrix relation between coefficients in layer | and [+1 (Eq. A.41) gives ApS ty rAier +1 228141 {resem ‘ny By=UyayAver + M208 101 Substituting A, and B, from Eq. A.45 into Eq. A.46 gives a system that links the coefficients in layer | with the coefficients in layer ! + 1 and the elements of the S-matrix (0,1) Hyatt saBrer = Sn(0,DAo + Six, DeuarAinr FHiaBiis) — Gg ao) Bo = S21(0, Ag + S22(0, (uy aig + UL 22Bi41) Uy Arg — $12(0, Duy 11Apo1) = $11 (0, DAg + Bray (S12(0, Duy 22 — uy eg [terion Six. Dltn Are) =Si1(.Dlo + Bra Si2O.Dtia2 tia) Gg yy By S201 avy = S21(0,0A0 + S2a(0, Du 228i Equation A.48 can be written as a matrix system ‘Arar [tia —S2x00,0) 0] _[1200,0) S2x(0,0)u,20—wi2r | Ao ar By |L-S0,0um I) [SnD Sxl.D SLB - Avr] fun-8n,0 OT [50,0 $00,0u22-H2r]f Ao oof ]-[ta gue [eee S23(0,0) l4] a where the product of the two matrices 7 tyr ~S200.D OT [8,0 S2(0,De,a2—erar ara Sr2(0,Duja 1} [S200 $2(0,0) can be identified as the scattering matrix between layer 0 and [ +1. The inversion of the first matrix is straightforward, and gives a1 tS.) 0 yan $20, Duan)? ° far SD OT! LG Strat as) S22(0,Duj21 1 S20, Duty 21.11 — S210, Dyan 1 129 ‘este tase est accesile 3 adresse : hep /theses nse lyon /publiation/2016LYS! {© [eSlandel, 2016), NSA Lyon, tous dots réservés 1:03/these pat