Figure 1

Sketch of the anisotropic medium under consideration, consisting of identical slabs of refractive index $n$ aligned along the $z$ axis in a medium of refractive index $n_b$ and doped with particles (circles).Reuse & Permissions

Figure 2

Reflectance vs angle of incidence for a low index slab $(n=1)$ embedded in a high index medium $(n=1.45)$ at various frequencies. (a) The approach to the first transmission resonance, with $\omega =0.6{\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $0.8{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and ${\omega }_c$ (thick solid line). (b) The approach to the second transmission resonance, with $\omega =1.2{\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $1.6{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and $2{\omega }_c$ (thick solid line).Reuse & Permissions

Figure 3

The dominant direction at which transmitted waves exit the sample as a function of frequency (schematic).Reuse & Permissions

Figure 4

Reflectance vs angle of incidence for a high index slab $(n=1.45)$ embedded in a low index medium $(n=1)$. (a) Approach to the first transmission resonance, with $\omega =0.6{\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $0.8{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and ${\omega }_c$ (thick solid line). (b) The range of the first transmission resonance, with $\omega ={\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $1.2{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and $1.39{\omega }_c$ (thick solid line). Notice that at $1.39{\omega }_c$ the reflectance is nonzero at all angles. (c) Approach to the second transmission resonance, with $\omega =1.6{\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $1.8{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and $2{\omega }_c$ (thick solid line). (d) The range of the second transmission resonance, with $\omega =2{\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $2.4{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and $2.77{\omega }_c$ (thick solid line). (e) Approach to the third transmission resonance, with $\omega =2.8{\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $2.9{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and $3{\omega }_c$ (thick solid line). (f) Above the third transmission resonance, with $\omega =3{\omega }_c$ (thin solid line), $3.5{\omega }_c$ (dashed), and $4{\omega }_c$ (thick solid line).Reuse & Permissions

Figure 5

Schematic depiction of the localized and delocalized bands of states in a system of high index $(n=1.45)$ slabs in air $(n=1)$ doped with weak 3D scatterers.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 6

Ensemble-averaged localization length $\xi$ as a function of transverse wave vector. The straight line has slope $-2$, and an intercept chosen by averaging the first point in each of the data sets.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 7

Intensity vs layer number inside a random medium excited at an angle of incidence $\theta =26°$, averaged over 100 different random systems with the same thickness $(L=3100\mu \mathrm{m})$ and volume fraction of scatterers. The straight line is an exponential (predicted by theory) with the appropriate incident and transmitted intensities.Reuse & Permissions

Figure 8

Localization length $\xi$ as a function of transverse wave vector. The straight lines have slope $-2$, and the intercept is the average of the first data point in each of the data sets. (a) System of 625 slabs $\left(187\mu \mathrm{m}\right)$ thick); (b) system of 5000 slabs ($1547\mu \mathrm{m}$ thick).Reuse & Permissions