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Particles crossing an interface

In this example, very similar to our basic GISAS example, it is shown how to position particles in order to cross multilayer interfaces: the $z$ position of particles originally located within the air layer must be adjusted slightly downwards in order to cross the air-substrate interface.

The simulation kernel automatically detects particles crossing interfaces and adjusts the calculations accordingly, causing a drop on speed to complete each simulation.

The script below models a air-substrate bilayer in which cylindrical particles made of two materials are added to the air layer and their $z$ coordinate is shifted downwards in order to cross the air-substrate interface.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Scattering from particles that cross the interface between vacuum and substrate.
"""
import bornagain as ba
from bornagain import ba_plot as bp, deg, nm, R3


def get_sample():
    # Define materials
    material_Particle = ba.RefractiveMaterial("Particle", 0.0006, 2e-08)
    material_Substrate = ba.RefractiveMaterial("Substrate", 6e-06, 2e-08)
    material_Vacuum = ba.RefractiveMaterial("Vacuum", 0, 0)

    # Define particles
    ff = ba.Cylinder(5*nm, 5*nm)
    particle = ba.Particle(material_Particle, ff)
    particle.translate(0, 0, -3*nm)

    # Define particle layouts
    layout = ba.ParticleLayout(particle)
    layout.setTotalParticleSurfaceDensity(0.01)

    # Define layers
    layer_1 = ba.Layer(material_Vacuum)
    layer_1.addLayout(layout)
    layer_2 = ba.Layer(material_Substrate)

    # Define sample
    sample = ba.MultiLayer()
    sample.addLayer(layer_1)
    sample.addLayer(layer_2)

    return sample


def get_simulation(sample):
    beam = ba.Beam(1e9, 0.1*nm, 0.2*deg)
    detector = ba.SphericalDetector(bp.simargs['n'], 2*deg, 0, 1*deg)
    simulation = ba.ScatteringSimulation(beam, sample, detector)
    return simulation


if __name__ == '__main__':
    bp.parse_args(sim_n=100)
    sample = get_sample()
    simulation = get_simulation(sample)
    result = simulation.simulate()
    bp.plot_simulation_result(result)
Examples/scatter2d/ParticleAcrossInterface.py