Ab. Djurisic et al., Modelling the optical constants of organic thin films: impact of the choice of objective function, J OPT A-P A, 2(5), 2000, pp. 458-464
In this work, we model the optical constants of three organic materials usi
ng a modified Lorentz oscillator model. We have analysed the impact of the
choice of the objective or merit function, which is employed for model para
meter estimation, on the modelling of the optical constants. The objective
function for model parameter determination should be chosen in such a manne
r that discrepancies between the experimental and calculated values for bot
h parts of the index of refraction are minimized at the same time. We have
found that the choice of objective function strongly influences the existen
ce of multiple solutions. By combining a global optimization method, an app
ropriately chosen objective Function and a modified oscillator model, we ob
tain good agreement with the experimental data for three organic materials.