WIP: Interior boundary postprocessing

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diff --git a/docs/src/config/boundaries.md b/docs/src/config/boundaries.md
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     ],
     "Postprocessing":
     {
-        "Side": <string>,
         "SurfaceFlux":
         [
             ...
@@ -123,19 +122,6 @@ each terminal boundary.
 
 `"Postprocessing"` :  Top-level object for configuring boundary postprocessing.
 
-`"Side" ["SmallerRefractiveIndex"]` :  Defines the postprocessing side for internal
-boundary surfaces where the fields are in general double-valued. This is only relevant for
-output for [boundary visualization with ParaView](../guide/postprocessing.md#Visualization).
-The available options are:
-
-  - `"SmallerRefractiveIndex"` :  Take the value from the side where the material index of
-    refraction is smaller (speed of light is larger). Typically this selects the vacuum
-    side. For anisotropic materials, the index of refraction associated with the principal
-    direction with the smallest value is used.
-  - `"LargerRefractiveIndex"` :  Take the value from the side where the material index of
-    refraction is larger (speed of light is smaller). Typically this selects the non-vacuum
-    side.
-
 `"SurfaceFlux"` :  Array of objects for postprocessing surface flux.
 
 `"Dielectric"` :  Array of objects for postprocessing surface interface dielectric loss.
@@ -567,8 +553,7 @@ axis-aligned bounding box for all elements making up the postprocessing boundary
             "Type": <string>,
             "Thickness": <float>,
             "Permittivity": <float>,
-            "LossTan": <float>,
-            "Side": <string>
+            "LossTan": <float>
         },
         ...
     ]
@@ -580,8 +565,7 @@ with
 `"Index" [None]` :  Index of this dielectric interface, used in postprocessing output files.
 
 `"Attributes" [None]` :  Integer array of mesh boundary attributes for this dielectric
-interface. If the interface consists of multiple elements with different `"Side"` values,
-use the `"Elements"` array described below.
+interface.
 
 `"Type" [None]` :  Specifies the type of dielectric interface for this postprocessing
 boundary. See also [this page](../reference.md#Bulk-and-interface-dielectric-loss).
@@ -603,15 +587,3 @@ units.
 be the interface layer permittivity for the specific `"Type"` of interface specified.
 
 `"LossTan" [0.0]` :  Loss tangent for this lossy dielectric interface.
-
-`"Side" ["SmallerRefractiveIndex"]` :  Defines the postprocessing side when this dielectric
-interface is an internal boundary surface (and thus the electric field on the boundary is in
-general double-valued). The available options are:
-
-  - `"SmallerRefractiveIndex"` :  Take the value from the side where the material index of
-    refraction is smaller (speed of light is larger). Typically this selects the vacuum
-    side. For anisotropic materials, the index of refraction associated with the principal
-    direction with the smallest value is used.
-  - `"LargerRefractiveIndex"` :  Take the value from the side where the material index of
-    refraction is larger (speed of light is smaller). Typically this selects the non-vacuum
-    side.
diff --git a/docs/src/guide/boundaries.md b/docs/src/guide/boundaries.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ reference.
 
     Unlike lumped ports, wave port boundaries cannot be defined internal to the
     computational domain and instead must exist only on the outer boundary of the domain
-    (they are to be  "one-sided" in the sense that mesh elements only exist on one side of
+    (they are to be "one-sided" in the sense that mesh elements only exist on one side of
     the boundary).
 
     Wave ports are not currently compatible with nonconformal mesh refinement.

diff --git a/examples/cpw/cpw_coax_adaptive.json b/examples/cpw/cpw_coax_adaptive.json
@@ -134,17 +134,15 @@
           "Type": "MS",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "LargerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         },
         {
           "Index": 3,
           "Attributes": [11],
           "Type": "MA",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "SmallerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         }
       ]
     }

diff --git a/examples/cpw/cpw_coax_uniform.json b/examples/cpw/cpw_coax_uniform.json
@@ -134,17 +134,15 @@
           "Type": "MS",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "LargerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         },
         {
           "Index": 3,
           "Attributes": [11],
           "Type": "MA",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "SmallerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         }
       ]
     }

diff --git a/examples/cpw/cpw_lumped_adaptive.json b/examples/cpw/cpw_lumped_adaptive.json
@@ -158,17 +158,15 @@
           "Type": "MS",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "LargerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         },
         {
           "Index": 3,
           "Attributes": [13],
           "Type": "MA",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "SmallerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         }
       ]
     }

diff --git a/examples/cpw/cpw_lumped_uniform.json b/examples/cpw/cpw_lumped_uniform.json
@@ -158,17 +158,15 @@
           "Type": "MS",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "LargerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         },
         {
           "Index": 3,
           "Attributes": [13],
           "Type": "MA",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "SmallerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         }
       ]
     }

diff --git a/examples/cpw/cpw_wave_adaptive.json b/examples/cpw/cpw_wave_adaptive.json
@@ -134,17 +134,15 @@
           "Type": "MS",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "LargerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         },
         {
           "Index": 3,
           "Attributes": [11],
           "Type": "MA",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "SmallerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         }
       ]
     }

diff --git a/examples/cpw/cpw_wave_uniform.json b/examples/cpw/cpw_wave_uniform.json
@@ -134,17 +134,15 @@
           "Type": "MS",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "LargerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         },
         {
           "Index": 3,
           "Attributes": [11],
           "Type": "MA",
           "Thickness": 2.0e-3,  // μm
           "Permittivity": 10.0,
-          "LossTan": 1.0,
-          "Side": "SmallerRefractiveIndex"
+          "LossTan": 1.0
         }
       ]
     }