Statistical Thermalization of Anderson-localized Light

H. Esat Kondakci; Ayman F. Abouraddy; Bahaa E. A. Saleh

doi:10.1364/FIO.2013.FTu3A.14

Frontiers in Optics 2013
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013),
paper FTu3A.14
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2013.FTu3A.14

Statistical Thermalization of Anderson-localized Light

H. Esat Kondakci, Ayman F. Abouraddy, and Bahaa E. A. Saleh

Frontiers in Optics 2013

Orlando, Florida United States
6–10 October 2013
ISBN: 978-1-55752-987-9

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H. E. Kondakci, A. F. Abouraddy, and B. E. A. Saleh, "Statistical Thermalization of Anderson-localized Light," in Frontiers in Optics 2013, I. Kang, D. Reitze, N. Alic, and D. Hagan, eds., OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013), paper FTu3A.14.

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Abstract

We show that coherent light traveling through a 1-D lattice of coupled waveguides with off-diagonal disorder exhibits super-thermal statistics (g⁽²⁾ > 2) at asymptotic propagation distances. The slightest disorder causes a jump from g⁽²⁾ = 1 to g⁽²⁾ ≈ 3.

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