A python code to calculate the optical properties of 1D Photonic Crystals. The code follows the guidelines outlined in:
Yeh P, Yariv A, Hong C-S (1977) Electromagnetic propagation in periodic stratified media. I. General theory. J Opt Soc Am 67:423–438 doi: 10.1364/JOSA.67.000423
For the time being we are only dealing with TE modes (which are specially interesting for Bloch Surface Waves). TM mode calculations will be added along the way
Installing 1DPyHC should be fairly easy. First of all you need a python distribution on your system. The simplest thing to do if you are using Windows or OSX would be to install Anaconda, a beautiful, free, and easy to use python distribution: the relevant installations instructions are found here. If you are using Linux you probably already know how to install python on your system, nevertheless my advice is to also install The IPython Notebook, which is already bundled in Anaconda.
The second step would be installing 1DPyHC itself. If you are familiar with git and github you can simply clone the repository, otherwise just download the zipped version of the repo and unpack it wherever you like.
The best thing to do for the moment is to start from the .ipynb files in the examples folder. You can load them in your local IPython Notebook instance: they should give you a fair idea about how to proceed for your calculations. Each function in the code features a detailed documentation easily accessible with the Shift-Tab tool-tip shortcut from the IPython Notebook interface.