Localization of Light (A Pictorial Overview)
Published by the American Institute of Physics
Physics Today May 1991 Cover Story
Introduction
Localized Electrons and Localized Photons
Pictorial Overview
Figure 1: A Photonic Band Gap Material
Figure 2: A Comparison of Electron Scattering with Photon Scattering
Figure 3: Criterion for Photon Localization
Figure 4: Photonic Band Structure
Figure 5: Photonic Density of States
Figure 6: Coherent Backscattering of Light in a Disordered Dielectric
Figure 7: Optical Transport Near a Photon Mobility Edge
Figure 8: Quantum Elecrodynamics: The Photon-Atom Bound State
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