Anderson localization of light

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-204

  Segev, Mordechai ^a   Silberberg, Yaron ^b   Christodoulides, Demetrios N ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; CRYSTALLINE LATTICE; DINGER EQUATION; NEW PHYSICS; PARAXIAL; QUANTUM PHENOMENA; TRANSVERSE LOCALIZATION OF LIGHTS; WAVE SYSTEM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 84874641253     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.30     Document Type: Article

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