Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2011-12-16
European Journal of Physics B, Volume 85, Issue 3 (2012)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
3 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjb/e2012-21040-5
We study a disordered nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an additional relaxation process having a finite response time $\tau$. Without the relaxation term, $\tau=0$, this model has been widely studied in the past and numerical simulations showed subdiffusive spreading of initially localized excitations. However, recently Caetano et al.\ (EPJ. B \textbf{80}, 2011) found that by introducing a response time $\tau > 0$, spreading is suppressed and any initially localized excitation will remain localized. Here, we explain the lack of subdiffusive spreading for $\tau>0$ by numerically analyzing the energy evolution. We find that in the presence of a relaxation process the energy drifts towards the band edge, which enforces the population of fewer and fewer localized modes and hence leads to re-localization. The explanation presented here is based on previous findings by the authors et al.\ (PRE \textbf{80}, 2009) on the energy dependence of thermalized states.
Mulansky Mario
Pikovsky Arkady S.
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