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Anderson localization is known as the phenomena of a dramatic change in the transport properties of electrons when they are subject to a spatially random potential. [1] Electron waves are multiple scattered and as a consequence of interference, the diffusion constants vanishes. The dimension of the system plays a crucial role for the occurrence of Anderson localization. In one and two dimensions any de-gree of disorder will lead to a finite localization length, whereas in three dimensions first a critical mean-free path should be reached to enter the localized regime:
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Outer, P.N.d., van Albada, M.P., Lagendijk, A. (1993). Accurate Measurement of Backscattered Light from Random Media. In: Soukoulis, C.M. (eds) Photonic Band Gaps and Localization. NATO ASI Series, vol 308. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1606-8_5
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