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Route to strong localization of light: The role of disorder

dc.contributor.authorMolinari, Diego P.
dc.contributor.authorFratalocchi, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-03T09:42:49Z
dc.date.available2015-08-03T09:42:49Z
dc.date.issued2012-07-23
dc.identifier.issn10944087
dc.identifier.pmid23038363
dc.identifier.doi10.1364/OE.20.018156
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10754/562013
dc.description.abstractBy employing Random Matrix Theory (RMT) and firstprinciple calculations, we investigated the behavior of Anderson localization in 1D, 2D and 3D systems characterized by a varying disorder. In particular, we considered random binary layer sequences in 1D and structurally disordered photonic crystals in two and three dimensions. We demonstrated the existence of a unique optimal degree of disorder that yields the strongest localization possible. In this regime, localized modes are constituted by defect states, which can show subwavelength confinement properties. These results suggest that disorder offers a new avenue for subwavelength light localization in purely dielectric media. © 2012 Optical Society of America.
dc.description.sponsorshipFor computer time, this research used the resources of the Supercomputing Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Numerical simulations have been performed with our NANOCPP code, which is an homemade, highly scalable 2D/3D FDTD code expressively developed for large scale parallel simulations of disordered materials. D. Molinari acknowledges partial support from PRIN MIUR 2009. The authors thank G. Ruocco and P. de Bernardis for fruitful discussions.
dc.publisherThe Optical Society
dc.titleRoute to strong localization of light: The role of disorder
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentApplied Mathematics and Computational Science Program
dc.contributor.departmentComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineering Program
dc.contributor.departmentPRIMALIGHT Research Group
dc.contributor.departmentPhysical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
dc.identifier.journalOptics Express
dc.contributor.institution1PRIMALIGHT (www.primalight.org), Faculty of Electrical Engineering
dc.contributor.institutionDept. of Astronomy, Bologna University, via Ranzani 1, I-40127, Bologna, Italy
kaust.personFratalocchi, Andrea
kaust.personMolinari, Diego P.
kaust.acknowledged.supportUnitSupercomputing Laboratory
dc.date.published-online2012-07-23
dc.date.published-print2012-07-30


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