Inelastic scattering puts in question recent claims of Anderson localization of light

Abstract

The interplay between nonlinear effects and Anderson localization in disordered optical fibres1 has recently attracted great interest, and it is important in the action of random lasers in which closed multiple scattering loops have enhanced intensity. As optical nonlinearities in TiO2 can give valuable information on the nature of light transport in strongly scattering powders, we studied these effects in an extended experimental and theoretical investigation (to be published). Now, Scheffold and Wiersma have ...