Authors

L. Martin; G. Di Giuseppe; A. Perez-Leija; R. Keil; F. Dreisow; M. Heinrich; S. Nolte; A. Szameit; A. F. Abouraddy; D. N. Christodoulides;B. E. A. Saleh

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Express

Keywords

2-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC LATTICES; BLOCH OSCILLATIONS; DIFFUSION; SYSTEMS; Optics

Abstract

We report on the observation of Anderson wave localization in one-dimensional waveguide arrays with off-diagonal disorder. The waveguide elements are inscribed in silica glass, and a uniform random distribution of coupling parameters is achieved by a precise variation of the relative waveguide positions. In the absence of disorder we observe ballistic transport as expected from discrete diffraction in periodic arrays. When off-diagonal disorder is deliberately introduced into the array we observe Anderson localization. The strength of the localization signature increases with higher levels of disorder.

Journal Title

Optics Express

Volume

19

Issue/Number

14

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

13636

Last Page

13646

WOS Identifier

WOS:000292876500128

ISSN

1094-4087

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