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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 tα \propto t^\alpha, with the exponent α\alpha being in the range 0.30.40.3 - 0.4. For small nonlinearities the distribution remains localized in a way similar to the linear case.

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@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

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