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It is shown that optimum control of dynamical localization (quantum suppression of classical diffusion) in the context of ultracold atoms in periodically shaken optical lattices subjected to time-periodic forces having equidistant zeros…
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We study Anderson localization in disordered tight-binding models on hyperbolic lattices. Such lattices are geometries intermediate between ordinary two-dimensional crystalline lattices, which localize at infinitesimal disorder, and Bethe…
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We study the spectrum and dynamics of a one-dimensional discrete Dirac operator in a random potential obtained by damping an i.i.d. environment with an envelope of type $n^{-\alpha}$ for $\alpha>0$. We recover all the spectral regimes…
Using a lattice string model, a number of peculiar excitation situations related to non-propagating excitations and non-radiating sources are demonstrated. External fields can be used to trap excitations locally but also lead to the ability…
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Nonlinear dynamics has an important role when designing modern synchrotron lattices. In this letter, we introduce a new method of using a square matrix to analyze periodic nonlinear dynamical systems [1, 2]. Applying the method to the…
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We study the impact of classical short-range nonlinear interactions on transport in lattices with no dispersion. The single particle band structure of these lattices contains flat bands only, and cages non-interacting particles into compact…