Title :
The effect of metamaterials on Anderson localisation
Author :
Asatryan, A.A. ; Botten, L.C. ; Byrne, M.A. ; Freilikher, V.D. ; Gredeskul, S.A. ; Shadrivov, I.V. ; McPhedran, R.C. ; Kivshar, Y.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Sci., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We study 1D stacks comprising alternating layers of normal and metamaterials, with disorder in both refractive index and layer thickness, and show strong suppression of localisation with only index disorder.
Keywords :
Anderson model; metamaterials; refractive index; 1D stacks; Anderson localisation; metamaterials; refractive index; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Physics; Reflection; Refractive index; (050.1950) Diffraction gratings; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (290.4210) Multiple scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
