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Uniform Anderson Localization in One-Dimensional Floquet Maps

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2023-06-28 v2

Abstract

We study Anderson localization in a discrete-time quantum map dynamics in one dimension with nearest-neighbor hopping strength θ\theta and quasienergies located on the unit circle. We demonstrate that strong disorder in a local phase field yields a uniform spectrum gaplessly occupying the entire unit circle. The resulting eigenstates are exponentially localized. Remarkably this Anderson localization is universal as all eigenstates have one and the same localization length LlocL_{loc}. We present an exact theory for the calculation of the localization length as a function of the hopping, 1/Lloc=ln(sin(θ))1/L_\text{loc}=\left|\ln\left(|\sin(\theta)|\right)\right|, that is tunable between zero and infinity by variation of the hopping θ\theta.

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@article{arxiv.2204.02717,
  title  = {Uniform Anderson Localization in One-Dimensional Floquet Maps},
  author = {Ihor Vakulchyk and Sergej Flach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.02717},
  year   = {2023}
}
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