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Anderson localization is a quantum phenomenon in which disorder localizes electronic wavefunctions. In this work, we propose a new approach to study Anderson localization based on the density matrix formalism. Drawing an analogy to the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-31 Ziyue Qi , Yi Zhang , Mingpu Qin , Hongming Weng , Kun Jiang

Anderson localization is related to exponential localization of a particle in the configuration space in the presence of a disorder potential. Anderson localization can be also observed in the momentum space and corresponds to quantum…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-06-07 Krzysztof Giergiel , Krzysztof Sacha

Different disorders lead to various localization and topological phenomena in condensed matter and artificial systems. Here we study the topological and localization properties in one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model with spatially…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-03-01 Shu-Na Liu , Guo-Qing Zhang , Ling-Zhi Tang , Dan-Wei Zhang

We simulate ultra-cold interacting Bosons in quasi-one-dimensional, incommensurate optical lattices. In the tight-binding limit, these lattices have pseudo-random on-site energies and thus can potentially lead to Anderson localization. We…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2011-01-31 C. P. J. Adolphs , J. Towers , M. Piraud , K. V. Krutitsky , D. A. W. Hutchinson

The localization behavior of the Anderson model with anisotropic hopping integral t for weakly coupled planes and weakly coupled chains is investigated both numerically with the transfer matrix method and analytically within the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 Qiming Li , C. M. Soukoulis , I. Zambetaki , E. N. Economou

Anderson localization is a famous wave phenomenon that describes the absence of diffusion of waves in a disordered medium. Here we generalize the landscape theory of Anderson localization to general elliptic operators and complex boundary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-09 Chen Jia , Ziqi Liu , Zhimin Zhang

The self-consistent theory of Anderson localization of quantum particles or classical waves in disordered media is reviewed. After presenting the basic concepts of the theory of Anderson localization in the case of electrons in disordered…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-05-18 P. Wölfle , D. Vollhardt

A one-dimensional boundary of a two-dimensional topological superconductor can host a number of topologically protected chiral modes. Combining two topological superconductors with different topological indices, it is possible to achieve a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Daniil S. Antonenko , Eslam Khalaf , Pavel M. Ostrovsky , Mikhail A. Skvortsov

Anderson localization is a universal phenomenon affecting non-interacting quantum particles in disorder. In three spatial dimensions it becomes particularly interesting to study because of the presence of a quantum phase transition from…

We study the effect of disorder in a holographic superconductor by introducing a quasi-periodic chemical potential. When the condensation of the superconductor is sufficiently small compared with the strength of disorder, we find that there…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-03-05 Hua Bi Zeng

The interplay between Mott and Anderson routes to localization in disordered interacting systems gives rise to different transitions and transport regimes. Here, we investigate the phase diagram at finite temperatures using dynamical mean…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-09-25 Helena Braganca , M. C. O. Aguiar , J. Vucicevic , D. Tanaskovic , V. Dobrosavljevic

The Anderson delocalization-localization transition is studied in multilayered systems with randomly placed interlayer bonds of density $p$ and strength $t$. In the absence of diagonal disorder (W=0), following an appropriate perturbation…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 S. N. Evangelou , Shi-Jie Xiong , P. Markov , D. E. Katsanos

We study the transition between the two-dimensional topological insulator (TI) featuring quantized edge conductance and the trivial Anderson insulator (AI) induced by strong disorder. We discover a distinct scaling behavior of TI near the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 DinhDuy Vu , Sankar Das Sarma

A conducting 1D chain or 2D film inside (or on the surface of) an insulator is considered. Impurities displace the charges inside the insulator. This results in a long-range fluctuating electric field acting on the conducting line (plane).…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 V. V. Flambaum , V. V. Sokolov

We study the Anderson localization in nonlinear systems by taking a nonlinear transmission line realizing the Toda lattice. It is found that the randomness in inductance induces the Anderson localization in the voltage propagation.…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-09-14 Motohiko Ezawa

We study the propagation and localization of classical waves in one-dimensional disordered structures composed of alternating layers of left- and right-handed materials (mixed stacks) and compare them to the structures composed of different…

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

One of the most intriguing phenomena in physics is the localization of waves in disordered media. This phenomenon was originally predicted by Anderson, fifty years ago, in the context of transport of electrons in crystals. Anderson…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-02-26 G. Roati , C. D'Errico , L. Fallani , M. Fattori , C. Fort , M. Zaccanti , G. Modugno , M. Modugno , M. Inguscio

The boundary of a topological insulator (TI) hosts an anomaly restricting its possible phases: e.g. 3D strong and weak TIs maintain surface conductivity at any disorder if symmetry is preserved on-average, at least when electron…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-22 Itamar Kimchi , Yang-Zhi Chou , Rahul M. Nandkishore , Leo Radzihovsky

The presence of disorder can severely impede wave transport, resulting in the famous Anderson localization. Previous theoretical studies found that Anderson transition can exist in one-dimensional (1D) non-Hermitian disordered rings with…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Wei Wang , Xulong Wang , Guancong Ma