Title :
Position dependent diffusion of light in disordered waveguides
Author :
Sarma, Raktim ; Yamilov, Alexey ; Redding, Brandon ; Payne, Bryson ; Heeso Noh ; Hui Cao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
Position-dependent diffusion of light is observed experimentally in quasi-two-dimensional disordered optical waveguides. Strong wave interference effects make the diffusion coefficient depend on the size and shape of the random medium as well as the dissipation.
Keywords :
light interference; light scattering; optical constants; optical waveguides; light dissipation; position-dependent light diffusion; quasitwo-dimensional disordered optical waveguides; shape-dependent diffusion coefficient; size-dependent diffusion coefficient; strong wave interference effects; Educational institutions; Interference; Optical device fabrication; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
