Weak Localization of Short Pulses in Disordered Waveguides

• Authors: S Skipetrov , B van Tiggelen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We consider the phenomenon of weak localization of a short wave pulse in a quasi-1D disordered waveguide. We show that the long-time decay of the average transmission coefficient is not purely exponential, in contradiction with predictions of the diffusion theory. The diffusion theory breaks down completely for times exceeding the Heisenberg time. We also study the survival probability of a quantum particle in a disordered waveguide and compare our results with previous calculations using the super-symmetric nonlinear sigma model.

Keywords

EN

42.25.Dd; 78.90.+t

Discipline

• 42.25.Dd: Wave propagation in random media
• 78.90.+t: Other topics in optical properties, condensed matter spectroscopy and other interactions of particles and radiation with condensed matter (restricted to new topics in section 78)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 109
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 101-108

Dates

published

2006-01

received

2005-05-19

Contributors

author

S Skipetrov

• Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés/CNRS, Maison des Magistères, Université Joseph Fourier, 38042 Grenoble, France

author

B van Tiggelen

• Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés/CNRS, Maison des Magistères, Université Joseph Fourier, 38042 Grenoble, France

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.109.101