Abstract
This is a theory for the effect of localization on the super-Poissonian noise of radiation propagating through an absorbing disordered waveguide. Localization suppresses both the mean photon current and the noise power P, but the Fano factor is found to remain unaffected. For strong absorption the Fano factor has the universal value (with f the Bose-Einstein function), regardless of whether the waveguide is long or short compared to the localization length.
- Received 12 January 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.61.051801
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