Anderson Localization Light Guiding in a Two-Phase Glass
- 1 Corning Inc. Sullivan Park Research Laboratory, New York, USA
- 2 Corning Inc. Sullivan Park Research Laboratory, New York, USA
- 3 Corning Inc. Sullivan Park Research Laboratory, New York, USA
- 4 Corning Inc. Sullivan Park Research Laboratory, New York, USA
Abstract
Anderson localization has been realized in several different systems over the years. In this paper we describe a rather unique manifestation of the phenomenon occurring in a two-phase glass composition that guides light. The glasses are a borate or alkali borosilicate composition that when heated separates into two distinct phases of different compositions, a high index phase and a low index phase. When the glass is heated with a specific thermal schedule to develop the phase separation it is then drawn into a rod or fiber, the particulate phase forms elongated strands resulting in a random cross-sectional refractive index pattern. This pattern of refractive index is maintained along the length producing a light guiding behavior over a significant distance that we propose is a manifestation of an Anderson localization phenomenon.
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