Disorder-induced localization of light near edges of nonlinear photonic lattices

Dragana Jović*, Milivoj R. Belić, Yuri S. Kivshar, Cornelia Denz

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Abstract

We investigated the influence of edges and corners on the Anderson localization of light in disordered two-dimensional photonic lattices that are optically induced in nonlinear saturable photorefractive media. A systematic quantitative study of gradual transition from corner to bulk Anderson localization in truncated two-dimensional photonic lattices was carried out. We analyzed numerically the localization at several corners and edges of the square and triangular photonic lattices and compared them with the localization in bulk medium. We found that, for strong disorder, corners and edges effectively suppress Anderson localization, as compared to the bulk, but to a varying degree.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)352-355
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Communications
Volume285
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Disorder
  • Localization
  • Photonic lattice

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