[en] An elaborate computer programme has been established for calculating the optical properties and their first order derivatives for arbitrary multilayer structure systems. The method employs Chebychev polynomials. The optical properties that may be calculated include reflectivity R, transmissivity T, absorptivity A and their derivatives R', T' and A' with respect to wavelength. The obtained values of R, T and A as calculated by this method were compared with their values calculated from direct multiplication of matrices using the characteristic transfer technique. The advantages of the present programme over the previous one reside in the reduction of the computer time by almost a factor of m, the total number of identity periods, and the advantage of calculating the derivatives of R, T and A with respect to wavelength. The basic formulas which are utilized in these calculations are given together with the essential details of the programme, including a block diagram. (author)