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Current relaxation in nonlinear random media

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-10 v2 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We study the current relaxation of a wave packet in a nonlinear random sample coupled to the continuum and show that the survival probability decays as P(t)1/tαP(t) \sim 1/t^{\alpha}. For intermediate times t<tt<t^*, the exponent α\alpha satisfies a scaling law α=f(Λ=χ/l)\alpha =f(\Lambda=\chi/l_{\infty}) where χ\chi is the nonlinearity strength and ll_{\infty} is the localization length of the corresponding random system with χ=0\chi=0. For ttt\gg t^* and χ>χcr\chi>\chi_{\rm cr} we find a universal decay with α=2/3\alpha=2/3 which is a signature of the {\it nonlinearity-induced delocalization}. Experimental evidence should be observable in coupled nonlinear optical waveguides.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0403501,
  title  = {Current relaxation in nonlinear random media},
  author = {Tsampikos Kottos and Matthias Weiss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0403501},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

revised version, PRL in press, 4 pages, 4 figs (fig 3 with reduced quality)