Anderson localization of light near boundaries of disordered photonic lattices Academic Article

abstract

• We study numerically the effect of boundaries on Anderson localization of light in truncated two-dimensional photonic lattices in a nonlinear medium. We demonstrate suppression of Anderson localization at the edges and corners, so that stronger disorder is needed near the boundaries to obtain the same localization as in the bulk. We find that the level of suppression depends on the location in the lattice (edge vs corner), as well as on the strength of disorder. We also discuss the effect of nonlinearity on various regimes of Anderson localization. 2011 American Physical Society.

authors

• Belic, Milivoj

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Jovic, D. M., Kivshar, Y. S., Denz, C., & Belic, M. R.

citation count

• 40

complete list of authors

• Jovic, Dragana M||Kivshar, Yuri S||Denz, Cornelia||Belic, Milivoj R

publication date

• March 2011

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5103 Classical Physics
• Brain Disorders

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.033813

start page

• 033813

volume

• 83

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.033813