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Controlling Anderson localization in disordered heterostructures with L\'evy-type distribution

Statistical Mechanics 2015-09-30 v1 Optics

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a disordered heterostructure in which the distribution of refractive index of one of its constituents follows a L\'evy-type distribution characterized by the exponent α\alpha. For the normal and oblique incidences, the effect of α\alpha variation on the localization length is investigated in different frequency ranges. As a result, the controllability of Anderson localization can be achieved by changing the exponent α\alpha in the disordered structure having heavy tailed distribution.

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@article{arxiv.1507.04149,
  title  = {Controlling Anderson localization in disordered heterostructures with L\'evy-type distribution},
  author = {A. Ghasempour Ardakani and M. Ghasemi Nezhadhaghighi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.04149},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 8 figures, accepted in Journal of Optics

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