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Fabrication and Characterization of Disordered Polymer Optical Fibers for Transverse Anderson Localization of Light
Published on: July 29, 2013
Probing Anderson localization of light via decay rate statistics
F A Pinheiro1, M Rusek, A Orlowski
1CNRS/Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, Université Joseph Fourier, Maison des Magistères, Boîte Postale 66, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. felipe.pinheiro@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Abstract:
We have studied the distribution of resonance widths P(Gamma) in one-, two-, and three-dimensional multiple light scattering systems. P(Gamma) should follow a universal power law P(Gamma) approximately Gamma(-1) in the localized regime as confirmed by extensive numerical calculations. This behavior can be interpreted as an unambiguous signature of exponential Anderson localization of light in open systems.
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