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[Anthony Leger]

The user material editor can also be used to describe metallic materials. On the general tab change the material type to Metallic. Then the index variation input will change to wavelength and you n and k inputs. 

This metallic material definition can only be used for simulation of the reflection component. If you would like to simulate the reflection and transmission effects of an aluminum coating of varying thickness there is a workflow that allows you to describe the coating in Ansys Lumerical and transfer this data for simulation in Speos. More information can be found here: Lumerical Sub-wavelength Model: Introduction and Data Generation – Ansys Optics , and here for application in Speos: Lumerical Sub-wavelength Model: Usage in Speos – Ansys Optics