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Localizing light with electrons

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Electronic control of optical Anderson localization can be achieved in optical waveguides with embedded diodes.

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Figure 1: Three regimes of transport at room temperatures.

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  1. Sergey E. Skipetrov is at the Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, 38042 Grenoble, France,

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