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arxiv: 0708.3315 · v1 · submitted 2007-08-24 · ❄️ cond-mat.dis-nn · nlin.CD

Destruction of Anderson localization by a weak nonlinearity

classification ❄️ cond-mat.dis-nn nlin.CD
keywords alphaandersonlatticelocalizationlocalizednonlinearityspreadingabove
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We study numerically a spreading of an initially localized wave packet in a one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger lattice with disorder. We demonstrate that above a certain critical strength of nonlinearity the Anderson localization is destroyed and an unlimited subdiffusive spreading of the field along the lattice occurs. The second moment grows with time $ \propto t^\alpha$, with the exponent $\alpha$ being in the range $0.3 - 0.4$. For small nonlinearities the distribution remains localized in a way similar to the linear case.

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