Fano interference governs wave transport in disordered systems

Light localization in disordered systems and Bragg scattering in regular periodic structures are considered traditionally as two entirely opposite phenomena: disorder leads to degradation of coherent Bragg scattering whereas Anderson localization is suppressed by periodicity. Here we reveal a non-trivial link between these two phenomena, through the Fano interference between Bragg scattering and disorder-induced scattering, that triggers both localization and de-localization in random systems. We find unexpected transmission enhancement and spectrum inversion when the Bragg stop-bands are transformed into the Bragg pass-bands solely owing to disorder. Fano resonances are always associated with coherent scattering in regular systems, but our discovery of disorder-induced Fano resonances may provide novel insights into many features of the transport phenomena of photons, phonons, and electrons. Owning to ergodicity, the Fano resonance is a fingerprint feature for any realization of the structure with a certain degree of disorder. Understanding localization and delocalization phenomena is important for studying wave propagation in many types of disordered photonic systems. Here, a theoretical study of one-dimensional photonic crystal structures reveals the importance of Fano interference in wave transport in the presence of disorder.

• Publication year

  2012

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  Nature Communications

• Publication date

  2012-01-01

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  Medicine, Physics

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  DOI 10.1038/ncomms1924PMID 22735442PMCID 3621451
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