170201 20260407115449.0 doi 10.1103/5bqm-f5tq sideral 148737 ART-2026-148737 eng Ramírez-Yañez, Alejandro Anomalous Localization of Light in One-Dimensional Lévy Photonic Lattices 2026 Localization of coherent propagating waves has been extensively studied over the years, primarily in homogeneous random media. However, significantly less attention has been given to wave localization in media with inhomogeneous disorder, where the standard picture of Anderson localization does not apply, as we demonstrate here. We fabricate photonic lattices with inhomogeneous disorder, modeled by heavy-tailed -stable distributions, and measure the output light intensity profiles. We demonstrate that the spatial localization of light is described by a stretched exponential function, with a stretching parameter , and an asymmetric localized profile with respect to the excitation site. We support our experimental and theoretical findings with extensive tight-binding simulations. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN AEI/PID2022-136374NB-C22 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gorin, Thomas Vicencio, Rodrigo A. Gopar, Víctor A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8726-7212 2004 405 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Física Teórica Área Física Teórica 136, 6 (2026), 066304 [7 pp.] Phys. rev. lett. Physical Review Letters 0031-9007 1224678 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170201/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 3248304 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170201/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:170201 articulos driver 2026-03-26-14:31:35 ARTICLE