Date of Award
8-1992
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Arthur McGurn
Second Advisor
Dr. Sung G. Chung
Third Advisor
Dr. Michitoshi Soga
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The concept of localization of electrons in semiconductors has been known ever since the 1960's when P. W. Anderson and N. F. Mott made detail investigations on the transport properties of alloys. At the end of the last decade, however, physicist started looking for localization in other systems. Specifically, they looked at the localization of light and acoustic waves in disordered systems. Localization is a property which arises for all wavelike excitations in disordered media.
In this study we analyze the localization of light in one dimensional randomly disordered dielectric medium using computer simulation (numerical integration method) technique. The results obtained by this computer simulation clearly indicate that the transportation of light in one dimensional random disordered dielectric medium is effectively halted.
Recommended Citation
Balaji, K., "Localization of Light in One Dimensional Randomly Disordered Dielectric Medium" (1992). Masters Theses. 899.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/899