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Anderson localization (AL) is a ubiquitous interference phenomenon in which waves fail to propagate in a disordered medium. We observe three-dimensional AL of noninteracting ultracold matter by allowing a spin-polarized atomic Fermi gas to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2011-10-12 S. S. Kondov , W. R. McGehee , J. J. Zirbel , B. DeMarco

We study the evolution of a wave packet in a nonlinear Schr\"odinger lattice equation subject to a dc bias. In the absence of nonlinearity all normal modes are spatially localized giving rise to a Stark ladder with an equidistant eigenvalue…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-01-29 Dmitry O. Krimer , Ramaz Khomeriki , Sergej Flach

We present a microscopic derivation of self-consistent equations of Anderson localization in a disordered medium of finite size. The derivation leads to a renormalized, position-dependent diffusion coefficient. The position dependence of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-04-03 N. Cherroret , S. E. Skipetrov

We study the spreading of initially localized states in a nonlinear disordered lattice described by the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with random on-site potentials - a nonlinear generalization of the Anderson model of localization. We…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2010-05-11 M. Mulansky , A. Pikovsky

We consider the Anderson tight-binding model on $\mathbb{Z}^d$, $d\geq 2$, with Gaussian noise and at low disorder $\lambda>0$. We derive a diffusive scaling limit for the entries of the resolvent $R(z)$ at imaginary part…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-10 Adam Black , Reuben Drogin , Felipe Hernández

Localization of light is the photon analog of electron localization in disordered lattices for whose discovery Anderson received the Nobel prize in 1977. The question about its existence in open three-dimensional materials has eluded an…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-05 Jakub Haberko , Luis S. Froufe-Pérez , Frank Scheffold

We study continuous Anderson Hamiltonians with non-degenerate single site probability distribution of bounded support, without any regularity condition on the single site probability distribution. We prove the existence of a strong form of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-01 François Germinet , Abel Klein

The existence of Anderson localization, characterized by vanishing diffusion due to strong disorder, has been demonstrated in numerous ways. A systematic approach based on the Anderson quantum model of the Fermi gas in random lattices that…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-26 Václav Janiš

Understanding the ability of particles to maneuver through disordered environments is a central problem in innumerable settings, from active matter and biology to electronics. Macroscopic particles ultimately exhibit diffusive motion when…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-18 Abel J. Abraham , Stepan Malkov , Frane A. Ljubetic , Matthew Durey , Pedro J. Sáenz

Anderson localization is the ubiquitous phenomenon of inhibition of transport of classical and quantum waves in a disordered medium. In dimension one, it is well known that all states are localized, implying that the distribution of an…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-06-14 Clément Hainaut , Jean-François Clément , Pascal Szriftgiser , Jean Claude Garreau , Adam Rançon , Radu Chicireanu

The nonlinear Schroedinger equation in the presence of disorder is considered. The dynamics of an initially localized wave packet is studied. A subdiffusive spreading of the wave packet is explained in the framework of a continuous time…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Alexander Iomin

Light scattering in random media is usually considered within the framework of the three-dimensional Anderson universality class, with modifications for the vector nature of electromagnetic waves. We propose that the linear dispersiveness…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-08-05 Tobias Micklitz , Alexander Altland

We study Anderson transition for light in three dimensions by performing large-scale ab-initio simulations of electromagnetic wave transport in disordered ensembles of conducting spheres. A mobility edge that separates diffusive transport…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-04 Alexey Yamilov , Hui Cao , Sergey E. Skipetrov

We have measured pulsed microwave transmission through quasi-1D samples with lengths up to three localization lengths. For times approaching four times the diffusion time \tau_D, transmission is diffusive in accord with the self-consistent…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2008-03-15 Z. Q. Zhang , A. A. Chabanov , S. K. Cheung , C. H. Wong , A. Z. Genack

We study localization properties of the eigenstates and wave transport in one-dimensional system consisting of a set of barriers/wells of fixed thickness and random heights. The inherent peculiarity of the system resulting in the enhanced…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-06-16 I. F. Herrera-Gonzalez , F. M. Izrailev , N. M. Makarov

We discuss conditions for the existence of the diffusion pole and its consequences in disordered noninteracting electron systems. Using only nonperturbative and exact arguments we find against expectations that the diffusion pole can exist…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Janis , J. Kolorenc

We scrutinize the diagrammatic perturbation theory of noninteracting electrons in a random potential with the aim to accomplish a consistent comprehensive theory of quantum diffusion. Ward identity between the one-electron self-energy and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-01-17 V. Janiš , J. Kolorenč

We develop a diagrammatic theory for transport of waves in disordered media with weak nonlinearity. We first represent the solution of the nonlinear wave equation as a nonlinear Born series. From this, we construct nonlinear ladder and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Thomas Wellens , Benoit Gremaud

We consider the change in electron localization due to the presence of electron-electron repulsion in the \HA model. Taking into account local Mott-Hubbard physics and static screening of the disorder potential, the system is mapped onto an…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2008-12-28 Peter Henseler , Johann Kroha , Boris Shapiro

We probe the limits of nonlinear wave spreading in disordered chains which are known to localize linear waves. We particularly extend recent studies on the regimes of strong and weak chaos during subdiffusive spreading of wave packets [EPL…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-18 J. D. Bodyfelt , T. V. Laptyeva , Ch. Skokos , D. O. Krimer , S. Flach