Anomalous localization of light in one-dimensional Lévy photonic lattices

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Autori principali: Ramírez-Yañez, Alejandro, Gorin, Thomas, Vicencio, Rodrigo A., Gopar, Víctor A.
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Ramírez-Yañez, Alejandro
Gorin, Thomas
Vicencio, Rodrigo A.
Gopar, Víctor A.
author_facet Ramírez-Yañez, Alejandro
Gorin, Thomas
Vicencio, Rodrigo A.
Gopar, Víctor A.
contents Localization of coherent propagating waves has been extensively studied over the years, primarily in homogeneous random media. However, significantly less attention has been given to wave localization in inhomogeneous systems, where the standard picture of Anderson localization does not apply, as we demonstrate here. We fabricate photonic lattices with inhomogeneous disorder, modeled by heavy-tailed $α$-stable distributions, and measure the output light intensity profiles. We demonstrate that the spatial localization of light is described by a stretched exponential function, with a stretching parameter $α$, and an asymmetric localized profile with respect to the excitation site. We support our experimental and theoretical findings with extensive tight-binding simulations.
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spellingShingle Anomalous localization of light in one-dimensional Lévy photonic lattices
Ramírez-Yañez, Alejandro
Gorin, Thomas
Vicencio, Rodrigo A.
Gopar, Víctor A.
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Optics
Localization of coherent propagating waves has been extensively studied over the years, primarily in homogeneous random media. However, significantly less attention has been given to wave localization in inhomogeneous systems, where the standard picture of Anderson localization does not apply, as we demonstrate here. We fabricate photonic lattices with inhomogeneous disorder, modeled by heavy-tailed $α$-stable distributions, and measure the output light intensity profiles. We demonstrate that the spatial localization of light is described by a stretched exponential function, with a stretching parameter $α$, and an asymmetric localized profile with respect to the excitation site. We support our experimental and theoretical findings with extensive tight-binding simulations.
title Anomalous localization of light in one-dimensional Lévy photonic lattices
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09210