Abstract
A frequency regime in which electromagnetic waves in a strongly disordered medium undergo Anderson localization in dimensions is suggested. In the presence of weak dissipation in it is shown that the renormalized energy absorption coefficient increases as the photon frequency approaches a mobility edge from the conducting side as , . This mobility edge occurs at a frequency compatible with the Ioffe-Regel condition.
- Received 30 July 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.2169
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