Control of Energy Density inside a Disordered Medium by Coupling to Open or Closed Channels

Raktim Sarma; Alexey G. Yamilov; Sasha Petrenko; Yaron Bromberg; Hui Cao

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.086803

Control of Energy Density inside a Disordered Medium by Coupling to Open or Closed Channels

Raktim Sarma, Alexey G. Yamilov, Sasha Petrenko, Yaron Bromberg, Hui Cao

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We demonstrate experimentally the efficient control of light intensity distribution inside a random scattering system. The adaptive wave front shaping technique is applied to a silicon waveguide containing scattering nanostructures, and the on-chip coupling scheme enables access to all input spatial modes. By selectively coupling the incident light to the open or closed channels of the disordered system, we not only vary the total energy stored inside the system by a factor of 7.4, but also change the energy density distribution from an exponential decay to a linear decay and to a profile peaked near the center. This work provides an on-chip platform for controlling light-matter interactions in turbid media.

Original language	American English
Article number	086803
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	117
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.086803
State	Published - 17 Aug 2016
Externally published	Yes

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We acknowledge Chia-Wei Hsu, Douglas Stone, Hasan Yilmaz, Seng Fatt Liew, and Brandon Redding for useful discussions. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No.ADMR-1205307 and No.ADMR-1205223. Facilities use was supported by YINQE and NSF MRSEC Grant No.ADMR-1119826.

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