TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical transmission matrix as a probe of the photonic strength
AU - Akbulut, Duygu
AU - Strudley, Tom
AU - Bertolotti, Jacopo
AU - Bakkers, Erik P.A.M.
AU - Lagendijk, Ad
AU - Muskens, Otto L.
AU - Vos, Willem L.
AU - Mosk, Allard P.
PY - 2016/10/12
Y1 - 2016/10/12
N2 - We demonstrate that optical transmission matrices (TMs) provide a powerful tool to extract the photonic strength of disordered complex media, independent of surface effects. We measure the TM of a strongly scattering GaP nanowire medium and compare the singular value density of the measured TM to a random-matrix-based wave transport model. By varying the transport mean free path and effective refractive index in the model, we retrieve the photonic strength. From separate numerical simulations we conclude that the photonic strength derived from TM statistics is insensitive to the surface reflection at rear surface of the sample.
AB - We demonstrate that optical transmission matrices (TMs) provide a powerful tool to extract the photonic strength of disordered complex media, independent of surface effects. We measure the TM of a strongly scattering GaP nanowire medium and compare the singular value density of the measured TM to a random-matrix-based wave transport model. By varying the transport mean free path and effective refractive index in the model, we retrieve the photonic strength. From separate numerical simulations we conclude that the photonic strength derived from TM statistics is insensitive to the surface reflection at rear surface of the sample.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043817
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043817
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84991687576
SN - 2469-9926
VL - 94
JO - Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information
JF - Physical Review A: covering atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information
IS - 4
M1 - 043817
ER -