Light transport in complex photonic systems: from random lasers to photonic crystals
| Abstract | The transport of light in complex dielectric materials is a rich and fascinating topic of research. With complex dielectrics we intend dielectric structures with an index of refraction that has variations on a length scales that is very roughly comparable to the wavelength. Such structures strongly scatter light. A possible building block for constructing a complex dielectric is a micro sphere of diameter comparable to the wavelength and of a certain refractive index that is different from its surrounding medium. The single scattering from such a sphere has a rich structure due to internal resonances in the sphere, but its behaviour is well-understood and can be calculated using the formalism of Mie-scattering [1]. A complex dielectric material can then be realized by micro-assembly of several micro spheres. |
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| URL | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-010-0227-1_1 |
| Authors | D. S. Wiersma, S. Gottardo, R. Sapienza, S. Mujumdar, S. Cavalieri, M. Colocci, R. Righini, L. Dal Negro, C. Oton, M. Ghulinyan, Z. Gaburro, L. Pavesi, P. M. Johnson, A. Lagendijk, and W. L. Vos |
| Year of publication | 2003 |
| Date published | 01/2003 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the NATO ASI “Wave Scattering in Complex Media: FromTheory to Applications”, eds. B. A. van Tiggelen and S. E. Skipetrov (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2003) |
| Pages | 2-20 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4020-1394-2 |
| DOI number | 10.1007/978-94-010-0227-1_1 |
| Keywords | 3D photonic crystals, disordered materials, Light scattering |