First we will import the required optical constants from the database. The present example is one of the lucky cases where fixed datasets work quite well. In most cases deposited materials cannot be described well by literature data. You have to setup models by yourself which is much harder than a simple import of data found by others before.

Start SCOUT and use the menu command File|New to start with an empty configuration. Press F7 to enter the treeview level. Right-click the treeview item Optical constant database:

In the database grid at the lower right part of the window, move to the entry named 'Ag (Johnson & Christy)'. We will use this dielectric function in our example. To work with it in SCOUT you have to 'drag' the optical constant object to the list of materials in the treeview as indicated below:

Do it once more, this time for the entry named 'Glass (microscope slide), Vis'. This contains a reasonable model for the optical constants of microscope slides. Finally, your material list (open it with a right mouse click in the treeview) should look like this:

Save your configuration with File|SaveAs and proceed to the next step.