Observation of complete delocalization in disordered photonic lattices

Abstract

We present the exceptional phenomenon of complete absence of Anderson localization, and perfect transmission of particles, in a completely disordered diamond-dot chain. We analytically show a proof for the condition to observe this exceptional phenomenon, based on a transparent window emerging from a geometrical condition. We support our theoretical prediction by numerical simulations and direct experimental observation of the transmission probabilities of the light in a femtosecond laser-written diamond-dot photonic lattices. We additionally show that for a $π$ effective magnetic flux, extreme localization of the light in the same system may occur, independently on the specific geometry. Our results open up an excellent platform for controlling the transmission of energy from ballistic to zero transmission, in a completely disordered lattice system..