Optical transmission matrix as a probe of the photonic strength

Duygu Akbulut; Tom Strudley; Jacopo Bertolotti; Erik P. A. M. Bakkers; Ad Lagendijk; Otto L. Muskens; Willem L. Vos; Allard P. Mosk

doi:10.1103/physreva.94.043817

Optical transmission matrix as a probe of the photonic strength

Duygu Akbulut, Tom Strudley, Jacopo Bertolotti, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, Ad Lagendijk, Otto L. Muskens, Willem L. Vos, Allard P. Mosk

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	043817
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	94
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.043817
Publication status	Published - 12 Oct 2016

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