Non-analyticity in the distribution of conductances in quasi one dimensional wires

We show that the distribution P(g) of conductances g of a quasi one dimensional wire has non-analytic behavior in the insulating region, leading to a discontinuous derivative in the distribution near g=1. We give analytic expressions for the full distribution and extract an approximate scaling behavior valid for different strengths of disorder close to g=1.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to Europhysics Letter

Statistical analysis of the transmission based on the DMPK equation: An application to Pb nano-contacts

The density of the transmission eigenvalues of Pb nano-contacts has been estimated recently in mechanically controllable break-junction experiments. Motivated by these experimental analyses, here we study the evolution of the density of the transmission eigenvalues with the disorder strength and the number of channels supported by the ballistic constriction of a quantum point contact in the framework of the Dorokhov-Mello-Pereyra-Kumar equation. We find that the transmission density evolves rapidly into the density in the diffusive metallic regime as the number of channels $N_c$ of the constriction increase. Therefore, the transmission density distribution for a few $N_c$ channels comes close to the known bimodal density distribution in the metallic limit. This is in agreement with the experimental statistical-studies in Pb nano-contacts. For the two analyzed cases, we show that the experimental densities are seen to be well described by the corresponding theoretical results.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure

A Lloyd-model generalization: Conductance fluctuations in one-dimensional disordered systems

We perform a detailed numerical study of the conductance $G$ through one-dimensional (1D) tight-binding wires with on-site disorder. The random configurations of the on-site energies $\epsilon$ of the tight-binding Hamiltonian are characterized by long-tailed distributions: For large $\epsilon$, $P(\epsilon)\sim 1/\epsilon^{1+\alpha}$ with $\alpha\in(0,2)$. Our model serves as a generalization of 1D Lloyd's model, which corresponds to $\alpha=1$. First, we verify that the ensemble average $\left\langle -\ln G\right\rangle$ is proportional to the length of the wire $L$ for all values of $\alpha$, providing the localization length $\xi$ from $\left\langle-\ln G\right\rangle=2L/\xi$. Then, we show that the probability distribution function $P(G)$ is fully determined by the exponent $\alpha$ and $\left\langle-\ln G\right\rangle$. In contrast to 1D wires with standard white-noise disorder, our wire model exhibits bimodal distributions of the conductance with peaks at $G=0$ and $1$. In addition, we show that $P(\ln G)$ is proportional to $G^\beta$, for $G\to 0$, with $\beta\le\alpha/2$, in agreement to previous studies.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure

Photonic heterostructures with Levy-type disorder: statistics of coherent transmission

We study the electromagnetic transmission $T$ through one-dimensional (1D) photonic heterostructures whose random layer thicknesses follow a long-tailed distribution --L\'evy-type distribution. Based on recent predictions made for 1D coherent transport with L\'evy-type disorder, we show numerically that for a system of length $L$ (i) the average $\propto L^\alpha$ for $0 \propto L$ for $1\le\alpha<2$, $\alpha$ being the exponent of the power-law decay of the layer-thickness probability distribution; and (ii) the transmission distribution $P(T)$ is independent of the angle of incidence and frequency of the electromagnetic wave, but it is fully determined by the values of $\alpha$ and $$.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

Conductance of 1D quantum wires with anomalous electron-wavefunction localization

We study the statistics of the conductance $g$ through one-dimensional disordered systems where electron wavefunctions decay spatially as $|\psi| \sim \exp (-\lambda r^{\alpha})$ for $0 <\alpha <1$, $\lambda$ being a constant. In contrast to the conventional Anderson localization where $|\psi| \sim \exp (-\lambda r)$ and the conductance statistics is determined by a single parameter: the mean free path, here we show that when the wave function is anomalously localized ($\alpha <1$) the full statistics of the conductance is determined by the average $$ and the power $\alpha$. Our theoretical predictions are verified numerically by using a random hopping tight-binding model at zero energy, where due to the presence of chiral symmetry in the lattice there exists anomalous localization; this case corresponds to the particular value $\alpha =1/2$. To test our theory for other values of $\alpha$, we introduce a statistical model for the random hopping in the tight binding Hamiltonian.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures. Few changes in the presentation and references updated. Published in PRB, Phys. Rev. B 85, 235450 (2012

Statistics of Impedance, Local Density of States, and Reflection in Quantum Chaotic Systems with Absorption

We are interested in finding the joint distribution function of the real and imaginary parts of the local Green function for a system with chaotic internal wave scattering and a uniform energy loss (absorption). For a microwave cavity attached to a single-mode antenna the same quantity has a meaning of the complex cavity impedance. Using the random matrix approach, we relate its statistics to that of the reflection coefficient and scattering phase and provide exact distributions for systems with beta=2 and beta=4 symmetry class. In the case of beta=1 we provide an interpolation formula which incorporates all known limiting cases and fits excellently available experimental data as well as diverse numeric tests.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur

Delay time of waves performing Levy walks in 1D random media

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Universality of the Wigner time delay distribution for one-dimensional random potentials

We show that the distribution of the time delay for one-dimensional random potentials is universal in the high energy or weak disorder limit. Our analytical results are in excellent agreement with extensive numerical simulations carried out on samples whose sizes are large compared to the localisation length (localised regime). The case of small samples is also discussed (ballistic regime). We provide a physical argument which explains in a quantitative way the origin of the exponential divergence of the moments. The occurence of a log-normal tail for finite size systems is analysed. Finally, we present exact results in the low energy limit which clearly show a departure from the universal behaviour.Comment: 4 pages, 3 PostScript figure

Statistics of Dynamics of Localized Waves

The measured distribution of the single-channel delay time of localized microwave radiation and its correlation with intensity differ sharply from the behavior of diffusive waves. The delay time is found to increase with intensity, while its variance is inversely proportional to the fourth root of the intensity. The distribution of the delay time weighted by the intensity is found to be a double-sided stretched exponential to the 1/3 power centered at zero. The correlation between dwell time and intensity provides a dynamical test of photon localization.Comment: submitted to PRL; 4 pages including 6 figure