Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Physics in the Density Fluctuations of Localized Two-Dimensional Wave Packets

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Main Authors: Mu, Sen, Gong, Jiangbin, Lemarié, Gabriel
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Published: 2023
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author Mu, Sen
Gong, Jiangbin
Lemarié, Gabriel
author_facet Mu, Sen
Gong, Jiangbin
Lemarié, Gabriel
contents We identify the key features of Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class in the fluctuations of the wave density logarithm, in a two-dimensional Anderson localized wave packet. In our numerical analysis, the fluctuations are found to exhibit an algebraic scaling with distance characterized by an exponent of $1/3$, and a Tracy-Widom probability distribution of the fluctuations. Additionally, within a directed polymer picture of KPZ physics, we identify the dominant contribution of a directed path to the wave packet density and find that its transverse fluctuations are characterized by a roughness exponent $2/3$. Leveraging on this connection with KPZ physics, we verify that an Anderson localized wave packet in 2D exhibits a stretched-exponential correction to its well-known exponential localization.
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spellingShingle Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Physics in the Density Fluctuations of Localized Two-Dimensional Wave Packets
Mu, Sen
Gong, Jiangbin
Lemarié, Gabriel
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Chaotic Dynamics
Quantum Physics
We identify the key features of Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class in the fluctuations of the wave density logarithm, in a two-dimensional Anderson localized wave packet. In our numerical analysis, the fluctuations are found to exhibit an algebraic scaling with distance characterized by an exponent of $1/3$, and a Tracy-Widom probability distribution of the fluctuations. Additionally, within a directed polymer picture of KPZ physics, we identify the dominant contribution of a directed path to the wave packet density and find that its transverse fluctuations are characterized by a roughness exponent $2/3$. Leveraging on this connection with KPZ physics, we verify that an Anderson localized wave packet in 2D exhibits a stretched-exponential correction to its well-known exponential localization.
title Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Physics in the Density Fluctuations of Localized Two-Dimensional Wave Packets
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Chaotic Dynamics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08272