Nonreciprocal Anderson Localization in Magneto-Optical Random Structures
Optics
2012-01-27 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
We study, both analytically and numerically, disorder-induced localization of light in random layered structures with magnetooptical materials. The Anderson localization in such structures demonstrates nonreciprocal features in the averaged localization length and individual transmission resonances. We employ short-wavelength approximation where the localization effects are strong, and consider both the Faraday and Voigt magnetooptical geometries. In the Faraday geometry, the transmission is strongly nonreciprocal for the circularly polarized waves, whereas in the Voigt geometry, the nonreciprocity is much weaker, and it may appear only for the individual transmission resonances of the TM-polarized waves.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1110.6511,
title = {Nonreciprocal Anderson Localization in Magneto-Optical Random Structures},
author = {K. Y. Bliokh and S. A. Gredeskul and P. Rajan and I. V. Shadrivov and Y. S. Kivshar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.6511},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
8 pages, 6 figures