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We consider random Schr\"odinger operators with Dirichlet boundary conditions outside lattice approximations of a smooth Euclidean domain and study the behavior of its lowest-lying eigenvalues in the limit when the lattice spacing tends to…
We consider discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with random potentials obtained via a block code applied to an i.i.d. sequence of random variables. It is shown that, almost surely, these operators exhibit spectral and dynamical…
For a Hamiltonian ${\hat H}$ containing a position-dependent (disordered) potential, we introduce a sequence of landscape functions $u_n(\vec{r})$ obeying ${\hat H} u_n(\vec{r}) = u_{n-1}(\vec{r})$ with $u_0(\vec{r}) = 1$. For $n \to…
We study localisation effects of strong disorder on the spectral and dynamical properties of (matrix and scalar) Schroedinger operators with non-monotone random potentials, on the d-dimensional lattice. Our results include dynamical…
We consider a one-dimensional model of localization based on the Witten Hamiltonian of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The low energy spectral properties are reviewed and compared with those of other models with off-diagonal disorder.…
In the presence of a confining potential $V$, the eigenfunctions of a continuous Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta +V$ decay exponentially with the rate governed by the part of $V$ which is above the corresponding eigenvalue; this can be…
We study the one-dimensional random dimer model, with Hamiltonian $H_\omega=\Delta + V_\omega$, where for all $x\in\Z, V_\omega(2x)=V_\omega(2x+1)$ and where the $V_\omega(2x)$ are i.i.d. Bernoulli random variables taking the values $\pm V,…
We consider N interacting quantum particles on a one-dimensional lattice, and subjected to an external linear potential. For N = 1, the corresponding Hamiltonian is explicitly diagonalizable, with superexponentially localized eigenstates.…
We experimentally study the effect of enhancement of localization in weak one-dimensional random potentials. Our experimental setup is a single mode waveguide with 100 tuneable scatterers periodically inserted into the waveguide. By…
In a previous paper by the second author, we discussed a characterization of the microlocal singularities for solutions to Schr\"odinger equations with long range type perturbations, using solutions to a Hamilton-Jacobi equation. In this…
We consider two bidimensional random models characterised by the following features: a) their Hamiltonians are separable in polar coordinates and b) the random part of the potential depends either on the angular coordinate or on the radial…
The local number variance associated with a spherical sampling window of radius $R$ enables a classification of many-particle systems in $d$-dimensional Euclidean space according to the degree to which large-scale density fluctuations are…
We study the localization properties of non-interacting waves propagating in a speckle-like potential superposed on a one-dimensional lattice. Using a decimation/renormalization procedure, we estimate the localization length for a…
The equation for the wave-function localization length in terms of the two-point correlation function of a weak random potential in 1D (F. M. Izrailev and A. A. Krokhin, Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 82, 4062 (1999)) is rederived using the standard…
We consider the torsion function for the Dirichlet Laplacian $-\Delta$, and for the Schr\"odinger operator $- \Delta + V$ on an open set $\Omega\subset \R^m$ of finite Lebesgue measure $0<|\Omega|<\infty$ with a real-valued, non-negative,…
We study the asymptotics of the Schr\"odinger equation with time-dependent potential in dimension one. Assuming that the potential decays sufficiently rapidly as $|x| \to \infty$, we prove that the solution can be written as the sum of a…
We study the effect of localisation on the propagation of a pulse through a multi-mode disordered waveguide. The correlator <u(omega1)u*(omega2)> of the transmitted wave amplitude u at two frequencies differing by delta_omega has for large…
We consider a randomization of a function on $\mathbb R^d$ that is naturally associated to the Wiener decomposition and, intrinsically, to the modulation spaces. Such randomized functions enjoy better integrability, thus allowing us to…
A quantum particle can be localized in a disordered potential, the effect known as Anderson localization. In such a system, correlations of wave functions at very close energies may be described, due to Mott, in terms of a hybridization of…
Localization of electronic wave functions in modern two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene can impact drastically their transport and magnetic properties. The recent localization landscape (LL) theory has brought many tools and…