Abstract
A new mechanism for strong Anderson localization of photons in carefully prepared disordered dielectric superlattices with an everywhere real positive dielectric constant is described. In three dimensions, two photon mobility edges separate high- and low-frequency extended states from an intermediate-frequency pseudogap of localized states arising from remnant geometric Bragg resonances. Experimentally observable consequences are discussed.
Keywords
DielectricSuperlatticeCondensed matter physicsPhotonPhysicsAnderson localizationObservablePseudogapWeak localizationQuantum mechanicsCuprateMagnetoresistanceSuperconductivity
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- 1987
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 2486-2489
- Citations
- 9794
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Sajeev John
(1987).
Strong localization of photons in certain disordered dielectric superlattices.
Physical Review Letters
, 58
(23)
, 2486-2489.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.58.2486
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.58.2486