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The possibility for study of localization effects in optically-disordered systems has spurred a renewed interest in the study of light scattering from dense random media, as evidenced by the numerous contributions to this volume. For several years, strong photon localization has been anticipated in composite materials possessing sufficiently high density of scatterers with sufficiently high cross sections for scattering photons.1 Unfortunately, no unambiguous observation of strong photon localization in the visible or infrared wavelength range has yet been reported. Recent work has, however, indicated strong photon localization in the microwave regime for a randomly disordered system.2 The difficulty in achieving localization of visible light arises from the lack of suitable materials possessing dielectric contrast sufficient to cause a localization transition in a completely random system. The conventional approach has been to rely on random suspensions of particles with large single-scattering Mie resonances, large cross-sections obtained for certain ratios of particle size to wavelength.3 Determination of the optimal situation for realization of strong photon localization may be the most pressing theoretical challenge of classical wave localization.4 Of particular interest is one theoretical approach that finds the presence of order underlying the disorder, such as in a disordered optical superlattice (e.g., a colloidal crystal), will be beneficial in achieving photon localization.5
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Watson, G.H., Saulnier, P.M., Tarhan, İ.İ., Zinkin, M.P. (1993). Factors That Influence Photon Transport Measurements in Dense 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_9
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