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Light propagation in a random three-dimensional ensemble of point scatterers in a waveguide: size-dependent switching between diffuse radiation transfer and Anderson localization of light

Quantum Physics 2022-07-13 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

Light transport in a disordered ensemble of resonant atoms placed in a waveguide is found to be very sensitive to the sizes of cross section of a waveguide. Based on self-consistent quantum microscopic model treating atoms as coherent radiating dipoles, we have shown that the nature of radiation transfer changes from Anderson localization regime in a single-mode waveguide to a traditional diffuse transfer in a multi-mode one. Moreover, the transmittance magnitude undergoes complex step-like dependence on the transverse sizes of a waveguide.

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@article{arxiv.2105.01578,
  title  = {Light propagation in a random three-dimensional ensemble of point scatterers in a waveguide: size-dependent switching between diffuse radiation transfer and Anderson localization of light},
  author = {A. S. Kuraptsev and I. M. Sokolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.01578},
  year   = {2022}
}