Title :
Hyper-transport of light by virtue of disorder
Author :
Levi, Liad ; Krivolapov, Yevgeny ; Segev, Mordechai ; Fishman, Shmuel
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Solid State Inst., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that when a spatially-random potential exhibits fast fluctuations also in the propagation direction, transport becomes considerably faster than ballistic. This new concept has major implications on transport of quantum particles.
Keywords :
fluctuations; laser beams; light propagation; quantum optics; light hyper-transport; light propagation direction; quantum particles; spatially-random potential; Adaptive optics; Correlation; Diffraction; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Physics; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
