Direct determination of the transition to localization of light in three dimensions

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-52

  Sperling, T ^a,b   Buhrer W ^a   Aegerter, C M ^b   Maret, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; DIRECT DETERMINATION; DIRECT MEASURES; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LOCALIZATION LENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONS; TIME DEPENDENCE;

ACOUSTICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84871977976     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.313     Document Type: Article

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