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SUBMITTER: Choi SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5792459 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180131 1
Light in biological media is known as freely diffusing because interference is negligible. Here, we show Anderson light localization in quasi-two-dimensional protein nanostructures produced by silkworms (Bombyx mori). For transmission channels in native silk, the light flux is governed by a few localized modes. Relative spatial fluctuations in transmission quantities are proximal to the Anderson regime. The sizes of passive cavities (smaller than a single fibre) and the statistics of modes (deco ...[more]