Title :
Disorder-enhanced transport in photonic quasi-crystals: Anderson localization and delocalization
Author :
Levi, Liad ; Rechtsman, Mikael ; Freedman, Barak ; Schwartz, Tal ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally that disorder enhances transport of waves in Penrose-type photonic quasicrystals. Increasing disorder gives rise to a transition from “bumpy ride” to diffusive transport.
Keywords :
Interference; Lattices; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Periodic structures; Photonics; Physics; Refractive index; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
