Red light for Anderson localization
arXiv:1601.07848 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/2/021001
Abstract
During the last 30 years, the search for Anderson localization of light in three-dimensional (3D) disordered samples yielded a number of experimental observations that were first considered successful, then disputed by opponents, and later refuted by their authors. This includes recent results for light in TiO_2 powders that T. Sperling et al. now show to be due to fluorescence and not to Anderson localization (New J. Phys. 18 (2016) 013039). The difficulty of observing Anderson localization of light in 3D may be due to a number of factors: insufficient optical contrast between the components of the disordered material, near-field effects, etc. The way to overcome these difficulties may consist in using partially ordered materials, complex structured scatterers, or clouds of cold atoms in magnetic fields.
"Perspective" article for the New Journal of Physics
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