Anderson localization for discretely disordered metamaterials: polarization and off-axis incidence effects

Glen J. Kissel

doi:10.1117/12.2061465

12 September 2014 Anderson localization for discretely disordered metamaterials: polarization and off-axis incidence effects

Glen J. Kissel

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Proceedings Volume 9160, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications 2014; 91600Y (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061465
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We consider polarization and off-axis incidence effects for one-dimensional random stacks consisting of alternating and non-alternating layers of positive and negative index materials, with index of refraction and thickness discretely disordered. Such long randomly disordered systems exhibit Anderson localization, whose effects can be studied via the Lyapunov exponent of the product of independent identically distributed random transfer matrices modeling the stack. We use Furstenberg’s integral formula to calculate Lyapunov exponents for s and p polarizations, and for a range of angles of incidence for these random matrix models. Furstenberg’s integral formula requires integration with respect to the probability distribution of the randomized layer parameters, and integration with respect to the so-called invariant probability measure of the direction of the vector propagated by the long chain of random matrices. This invariant measure can rarely be calculated analytically, so some numerical technique must be used to produce the invariant measure for a given random matrix product model. Here we use the algorithm of Froyland-Aihara, especially suited for discretely disordered parameters, to calculate the invariant measure. This algorithm produces the invariant measure from the left eigenvector of a certain sparse row-stochastic matrix. This sparse matrix represents the probabilities that a vector in one of a number of discrete directions will be transferred to another discrete direction via the random transfer matrix. The Froyland-Aihara algorithm thus provides a non-Monte Carlo method to calculate localization effects, with potential reduction in computation time compared to traditional layer or vector iteration methods.

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Glen J. Kissel "Anderson localization for discretely disordered metamaterials: polarization and off-axis incidence effects", Proc. SPIE 9160, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications 2014, 91600Y (12 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2061465

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