Diederik S. Wiersma — Universit&agrave di Firenze and LENS #
Strange kinetics of photons #
There has been a lot of interest in recent years in disordered photonic media in which the spatial arrangement 
of scattering elements goes beyond a simple Gaussian distribution. Examples include photonic quasi-crystals, 
hyper-uniform structures, and structures in which the distribution is inhomogeneous [1]. We will discuss recent 
developments in the field and in particular go into the case of self-similar random systems and Lévy flights. 
We will discuss optical super-diffusion and show how dynamic optical measurements can be used to determine the 
fractal dimension of an optical random walk [2].
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References 
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[1] D.S. Wiersma, Disordered Photonics, Nature Photon. 7, 188 (2013).<br/>
[2] R. Savo, M. Burresi, T. Svensson, K. Vynck, and D.S. Wiersma, Measuring the fractal dimension of an optical 
random walk, arXiv:1312.5962v1 [physics.optics] 20 Dec 2013.
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In collaboration with R. Savo, M. Burresi, T. Svensson and K. Vynck