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Disorder in moire superlattices simultaneously degrades flat-band localization and induces Anderson localization, yet how these two regimes interact has remained unclear. Here, we introduce a combined framework linking localization-length…

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Within a general framework, we discuss the wave function statistics in the Lloyd model of Anderson localization on a one-dimensional lattice with a Cauchy distribution for the random on-site potential. We demonstrate that already in leading…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Titov , H. Schomerus

We present two complementary simulations that lead to an exploration of Anderson localization, a phenomenon in which wave diffusion is suppressed in disordered media by interference from multiple scattering. To build intuition, the first…

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Understanding random lasing is a formidable theoretical challenge. Unlike conventional lasers, random lasers have no resonator to trap light, they are highly multimode with potentially strong modal interactions and they are based on…

Optics · Physics 2013-01-24 Peter Stano , Philippe Jacquod

We analyze mechanisms and regimes of wave packet spreading in nonlinear disordered media. We predict that wave packets can spread in two regimes of strong and weak chaos. We discuss resonance probabilities, nonlinear diffusion equations,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Flach

This review presents a unified view on the problem of Anderson localization in one-dimensional weakly disordered systems with short-range and long-range statistical correlations in random potentials. The following models are analyzed: the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2012-05-15 F. M. Izrailev , A. A. Krokhin , N. M. Makarov

We consider diagonal disordered one-dimensional Anderson models with an underlying periodicity. We assume the simplest periodicity, i.e., we have essentially two lattices, one that is composed of the random potentials and the other of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-30 Michael Hilke

We numerically study a one dimensional, nonlinear lattice model which in the linear limit is relevant to the study of bending (flexural) waves. In contrast with the classic one dimensional mass-spring system, the linear dispersion relation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-02-16 Arnold Ngapasare , Geogios Theocharis , Olivier Richoux , Vassos Achilleos , Charalampos Skokos

We investigate the dynamical properties of a strongly disordered micropolar lattice made up of cubic block units. This phononic lattice model supports both transverse and rotational degrees of freedom hence its disordered variant posses an…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-08-12 A. Ngapasare , G. Theocharis , O. Richoux , Ch. Skokos , V. Achilleos

The wave function of a non-relativistic particle in a periodic potential admits oscillatory solutions, the Bloch waves. In the presence of a random noise contribution to the potential the wave function is localized. We outline a new proof…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 Robert Brandenberger , Walter Craig

We address the interplay between two fundamentally different wavepacket localization mechanisms, namely resonant dynamic localization due to collapse of quasi-energy bands in periodic media and disorder-induced Anderson localization.…

In a dissipationless linear lattice, spatial disorder or incommensurate modulation induce localization of the lattice eigenstates and block spreading of wave packets. Additionally, incommensurate arrays allow for the metal-insulator…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-12-02 T. V. Laptyeva , S. V. Denisov , G. V. Osipov , M. V. Ivanchenko

We demonstrate that in pair plasma weakly nonlinear electromagnetic waves, $a_0 \leq 1$, experience Anderson self-localization. The beat between the driver and a back-scattered wave creates charge-neutral, large random density fluctuations…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Maxim Lyutikov , Victor Gurarie

Anderson localization marks a halt of diffusive wave propagation in disordered systems. Despite extensive studies over the past 40 years, Anderson localization of light in three dimensions has remained elusive, leading to the question of…

Random scattering of photons in disordered one-dimensional solids gives rise to an exponential suppression of transmission, which is known as Anderson localization. Here, we experimentally study Anderson localization in a superconducting…

Localization-delocalization transition in a discrete Anderson nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with disorder is shown to be a critical phenomenon $-$ similar to a percolation transition on a disordered lattice, with the nonlinearity…

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The motive of this work is to understand the complex spatial characteristics of finite-amplitude elastic wave propagation in periodic structures and leverage the unique opportunities offered by nonlinearity to activate complementary…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-06-27 R. Ganesh , Stefano Gonella

Do nonlinear waves destroy Anderson localization? Computational and experimental studies yield subdiffusive nonequilibrium wave packet spreading. Chaotic dynamics and phase decoherence assumptions are used for explaining the data. We…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-08-29 Charalampos Skokos , Ioannis Gkolias , Sergej Flach

Anderson localization is a consequence of coherent interference of multiple scattering events in the presence of disorder, which leads to an exponential suppression of the transmission. The decay of the transmission is typically probed at a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 Hichem Eleuch , Michael Hilke , Richard MacKenzie

We study the chaotic behavior of multidimensional Hamiltonian systems in the presence of nonlinearity and disorder. It is known that any localized initial excitation in a large enough linear disordered system spreads for a finite amount of…

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