Modal perspective on the transverse Anderson localization of light in disordered optical lattices

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1452-1461

  Karbasi, Salman ^a   Koch, Karl W ^b   Mafi, Arash ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b Optical Physics and Networks Technology Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL LATTICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; AVERAGE WIDTH; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DISORDERED LATTICES; EIGEN MODES; EXTERNAL EXCITATION; GUIDED MODES; MODAL LANGUAGE;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 84878695178     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.001452     Document Type: Article

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