Title :
Transport and anderson localization in 2-dimensional photonic lattices
Author :
Schwartz, Tal ; Bartal, Guy ; Fishman, Shmuel ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We present a new approach for the study of light propagation in 2-dimensional disordered lattices. We demonstrate experimentally diffusion-like transport and show by numerical study that our method can provide direct observation of Anderson Localization.
Keywords :
Anderson model; electron transport theory; light propagation; optical lattices; photonic crystals; 2D photonic lattice; Anderson localization; diffusion like transport; disordered lattice; light propagation; Electron optics; Lattices; Light scattering; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Physics; Random media; Solid state circuits; Statistics; (000.1600) Classical and quantum physics; (290.4210) Multiple scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629104
