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We discovered novel Anderson localization behaviors of pseudospin systems in a 1D disordered potential. For a pseudospin-1 system, due to the absence of backscattering under normal incidence and the presence of a conical band structure, the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-04-20 Anan Fang , Zhao-Qing Zhang , Steven G. Louie , C. T. Chan

An ensemble of quasi-periodic discrete Schr\"{o}dinger operators with an arbitrary number of basic frequencies is considered, in a lattice of arbitrary dimension, in which the hull function is a realisation of a stationary Gaussian process…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-09-28 Victor Chulaevsky , Sasha Sodin

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

We consider a two dimensional magnetic Schroedinger operator on a square lattice with a spatially stationary random magnetic field. We prove Anderson localization near the spectral edges. We use a new approach to establish a Wegner estimate…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-01-12 Laszlo Erdos , David Hasler

We investigate numerically the effect of the competition of disorder, nonlinearity, and boundaries on the Anderson localization of light waves in finite-size, one-dimensional waveguide arrays. Using the discrete Anderson - nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. I. Molina , N. Lazarides , G. P. Tsironis

We prove that at large disorder, Anderson localization in $\Z^d$ is stable under localized time-periodic perturbations by proving that the associated quasi-energy operator has pure point spectrum. The formulation of this problem is…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Avy Soffer , Wei-Min Wang

Emerging experimental platforms use amorphousness, a constrained form of disorder, to tailor meta-material properties. We study localization under this type of disorder in a family of 2D models generalizing recent experiments on photonic…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-08-19 Elizabeth J. Dresselhaus , Alexander Avdoshkin , Zhetao Jia , Matteo Secli , Boubacar Kante , Joel E. Moore

Using one-dimensional tight-binding lattices and an analytical expression based on the Green's matrix, we show that anomalous minimum of the localization length near an isolated flat band, previously found for evanescent waves in a…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-23 Li Ge

We show that the recently developed self-consistent theory of Anderson localization with a position-dependent diffusion coefficient is in quantitative agreement with the supersymmetry approach up to terms of the order of $1/g_0^2$ (with…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2010-08-20 Ben Payne , Alexey Yamilov , Sergey E. Skipetrov

Disorder-induced Anderson localization in quasiparticle transport is a challenging problem to address, even more so in the presence of dissipation as the symptoms of disorder-induced localization are very closely simulated by the absorption…

Optics · Physics 2018-11-21 M. Balasubrahmaniyam , Ajay Nahata , Sushil Mujumdar

We show persistence of both Anderson and dynamical localization in Schr\"odinger operators with non-positive (attractive) random decaying potential. We consider an Anderson-type Schr\"odinger operator with a non-positive ergodic random…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-02-26 Alexander Figotin , François Germinet , Abel Klein , Peter Müller

We report on phenomenon of Anderson-type localization of walking solitons in optical lattices with random frequency modulation, manifested as dramatic enhancement of soliton trapping probability on lattice inhomogeneities with growth of the…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-11 Yaroslav V. Kartashov Victor A. Vysloukh

Wave localization occurs in all types of vibrating systems, in acoustics, mechanics, optics, or quantum physics. It arises either in systems of irregular geometry (weak localization) or in disordered systems (Anderson localization). We…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2011-07-05 Marcel Filoche , Svitlana Mayboroda

We consider Schr\"odinger operators on $L^2(R^d)$ with a random potential concentrated near the surface $R^{d_1}\times\{0\}\subset R^d $. We prove that the integrated density of states of such operators exhibits Lifshits tails near the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Werner Kirsch , Simone Warzel

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

Anderson localization predicts that wave spreading in disordered lattices can come to a complete halt, providing a universal mechanism for {dynamical localization}. In the one-dimensional Hermitian Anderson model with uncorrelated diagonal…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2023-04-18 Stefano Longhi

We study Anderson localization and propagation of partially-spatially incoherent wavepackets in linear disordered potentials, motivated by the insight that interference phenomena resulting from multiple scattering are affected by the…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-27 D. Čapeta , J. Radić , A. Szameit , M. Segev , H. Buljan

Exponential localization of wavefunctions in lattices, whether in real or synthetic dimensions, is a fundamental wave interference phenomenon. Localization of Bloch-type functions in space-periodic lattice, triggered by spatial disorder, is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-01-22 Adhip Pattanayak , Á. Jiménez-Galán , Misha Ivanov , Gopal Dixit

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

We investigate experimentally the light evolution inside a two-dimensional finite periodic array of weakly- coupled optical waveguides with a disordered boundary. For a completely localized initial condition away from the surface, we find…