Anderson Localization in Synthetic Photonic Lattice with Static Random Coupling Disorder

Abstract

In the last few decades localization of light has drawn considerable attention. Anderson localization was originally formulated for electrons in disordered lattices [1], but now this effect is being theoretically and experimentally demonstrated also for light in various photonic systems: in disordered two-dimensional photonic lattices [2], in synthetic photonic lattices [3] and even in biological nanostructures of native silk [4].