Title :
Photon transport and localization in optical superlattices
Author :
Hsieh, Po-Yuan ; Chung, Chun-Jen ; McMillan, J.F. ; Lu, Min ; Panoiu, Nicolae Coriolan ; Wong, C.W.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
Here we examine the photon transport and collimation in optical superlattices, involving transverse guided resonances and disorder-induced localization. With increasing structural disorder, we observe the crossover from cascaded guided resonances into transverse localization modes.
Keywords :
optical multilayers; optical waveguides; superlattices; cascaded guided resonances; disorder-induced localization; optical superlattices; photon collimation; photon localization; photon transport; structural disorder; transverse guided resonance; transverse localization modes; Bandwidth; Lattices; Optical superlattices; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
