Destruction of Anderson localization by a weak nonlinearity
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2008-03-12 v1 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
We study numerically a spreading of an initially localized wave packet in a one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger lattice with disorder. We demonstrate that above a certain critical strength of nonlinearity the Anderson localization is destroyed and an unlimited subdiffusive spreading of the field along the lattice occurs. The second moment grows with time , with the exponent being in the range . For small nonlinearities the distribution remains localized in a way similar to the linear case.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.3315,
title = {Destruction of Anderson localization by a weak nonlinearity},
author = {A. S. Pikovsky and D. L. Shepelyansky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3315},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figs