Authors

Y. Lahini; Y. Bromberg; Y. Shechtman; A. Szameit; D. N. Christodoulides; R. Morandotti;Y. Silberberg

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. A

Keywords

OFF-DIAGONAL DISORDER; PHOTONIC LATTICES; SYSTEMS; STATES; LIGHT; Optics; Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

Abstract

When light waves propagate through disordered photonic lattices, they can eventually become localized due to multiple scattering effects. Here we show experimentally that while the evolution and localization of the photon density distribution is similar in the two cases of diagonal and off-diagonal disorder, the density-density correlation carries a distinct signature of the type of disorder. We show that these differences reflect a symmetry in the spectrum and eigenmodes that exists in off-diagonally disordered lattices but is absent in lattices with diagonal disorder.

Journal Title

Physical Review A

Volume

84

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

4

WOS Identifier

WOS:000296282700002

ISSN

1050-2947

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