Western Europe Regional Program: Light Localization and Photonic Gaps in Random and Periodic Materials

该奖项将有助于促进爱荷华州立大学的Costas Soukoulis教授和克里特大学的E.N.Economou教授之间的美希合作。这项拟议工作的目的是在无序系统领域进行研究，特别是了解随机系统中光和其他经典波局域化的基本机制。直到最近，国产化的大部分工作都集中在电子系统上。经典波局域化既提供了直接检验局域化理论的可能性，也提供了理解不同于电子的其他特征的可能性。然而，光的强烈局域化还没有在实验上观察到。这些经验丰富的合作者打算做的是提高我们对光的局域化条件的理论理解，或者更广泛地说，电磁波，可以发生，并提供几个可用于改进效果搜索的配置。

This award will help to promote U.S.-Greece collaboration between Prof. Costas Soukoulis of Iowa State University and Prof. E.N. Economou of the University of Crete. The aim of the proposed work is to conduct research in the area of disordered systems; in particular, to understand the fundamental mechanisms responsible for the localization of light and other classical waves in random systems. Until recently, most of the work on localization has focused on electronic systems. Classical wave localization offers both the potential for a direct check of localization theory as well as the possibility of understanding other characteristics distinct from those of electrons. However, strong localization of light has not been experimentally observed yet. What these experienced collaborators intend to do is to improve our theoretical understanding of the conditions under which localization of light, or more generally, electromagnetic waves, can occur and make available several configurations that will improve the search for the effect.