scholarly journals Unequivocal signatures of the crossover to Anderson localization in realistic models of disordered quasi-one-dimensional materials

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla ◽  
Luis S. Froufe-Pérez ◽  
Stephan Roche ◽  
Juan José Sáenz
Keyword(s):  
Anderson Localization ◽  
One Dimensional

scholarly journals Anomalous Anderson localization behavior in gain-loss balanced non-Hermitian systems

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 443-452
Author(s):  
Tianshu Jiang ◽  
Anan Fang ◽  
Zhao-Qing Zhang ◽  
Che Ting Chan
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Anderson Localization ◽  
Random Media ◽  
Normal Incidence ◽  
Disordered Media ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Gain Loss ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Localization Behavior

AbstractIt has been shown recently that the backscattering of wave propagation in one-dimensional disordered media can be entirely suppressed for normal incidence by adding sample-specific gain and loss components to the medium. Here, we study the Anderson localization behaviors of electromagnetic waves in such gain-loss balanced random non-Hermitian systems when the waves are obliquely incident on the random media. We also study the case of normal incidence when the sample-specific gain-loss profile is slightly altered so that the Anderson localization occurs. Our results show that the Anderson localization in the non-Hermitian system behaves differently from random Hermitian systems in which the backscattering is suppressed.

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION IN THE SEVENTIES AND BEYOND

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (12n13) ◽  
pp. 1507-1525 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Thouless
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Hall Effect ◽  
Anderson Localization ◽  
Quantum Hall ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Atomic Systems ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Extended States ◽  
Energy States

Little attention was paid to Anderson's challenging paper on localization for the first ten years, but from 1968 onwards it generated a lot of interest. Around that time a number of important questions were raised by the community, on matters such as the existence of a sharp distinction between localized and extended states, or between conductors and insulators. For some of these questions the answers are unambiguous. There certainly are energy ranges in which states are exponentially localized, in the presence of a static disordered potential. In a weakly disordered one-dimensional potential, all states are localized. There is clear evidence, in three dimensions, for energy ranges in which states are extended, and ranges in which they are diffusive. Magnetic and spin-dependent interactions play an important part in reducing localization effects. For massive particles like electrons and atoms the lowest energy states are localized, but for massless particles like photons and acoustic phonons the lowest energy states are extended. Uncertainties remain. Scaling theory suggests that in two-dimensional systems all states are weakly localized, and that there is no minimum metallic conductivity. The interplay between disorder and mutual interactions is still an area of uncertainty, which is very important for electronic systems. Optical and dilute atomic systems provide experimental tests which allow interaction to be much less important. The quantum Hall effect provided a system where states on the Fermi surface are localized, but non-dissipative currents flow in response to an electric field.

scholarly journals Random Schrödinger operators with a background potential

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-259
Author(s):  
Hayk Asatryan ◽  
Werner Kirsch
Keyword(s):  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Anderson Localization ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Schrödinger Operators ◽  
Inverse Scattering Problem ◽  
Random Schrödinger Operators ◽  
Integrated Density Of States ◽  
Schrodinger Operators ◽  
One Dimensional

Abstract We consider one-dimensional random Schrödinger operators with a background potential, arising in the inverse scattering problem. We study the influence of the background potential on the essential spectrum of the random Schrödinger operator and obtain Anderson localization for a larger class of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators. Further, we prove the existence of the integrated density of states and give a formula for it.

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