Unusual Diffusivity in Strongly Disordered Quantum Lattices: Random Dimer Model

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Main Authors: Tutunnikov, Ilia, Cao, Jianshu
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author Tutunnikov, Ilia
Cao, Jianshu
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Cao, Jianshu
contents Recent advances in transport properties measurements of disordered materials and lattice simulations, using superconducting qubits, have rekindled interest in Anderson localization, motivating our study of highly disordered quantum lattices. Initially, our statistical analysis of localized eigenstates reveals a distinct transition between weak and strong disorder regimes, suggesting a random distribution of dimers in highly disordered systems. Subsequently, the random dimer model predicts an oscillating diffusivity that decays as $t^{-1/2}$, is inversely proportional to the disorder strength, and maintains a constant frequency with an initial phase shift of $π/4$. The first peak exhibits a universal scaling of $σ^{-1}$ both in peak time and amplitude. Finally, we find that stochastic noise suppresses these oscillations and induces hopping between localized eigenstates, resulting in constant diffusion over long times. Our predictions challenge the conventional understanding of incoherent hopping under strong disorder. This offers new insights to optimize disordered systems for optoelectrical and quantum information technologies.
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spellingShingle Unusual Diffusivity in Strongly Disordered Quantum Lattices: Random Dimer Model
Tutunnikov, Ilia
Cao, Jianshu
Quantum Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Recent advances in transport properties measurements of disordered materials and lattice simulations, using superconducting qubits, have rekindled interest in Anderson localization, motivating our study of highly disordered quantum lattices. Initially, our statistical analysis of localized eigenstates reveals a distinct transition between weak and strong disorder regimes, suggesting a random distribution of dimers in highly disordered systems. Subsequently, the random dimer model predicts an oscillating diffusivity that decays as $t^{-1/2}$, is inversely proportional to the disorder strength, and maintains a constant frequency with an initial phase shift of $π/4$. The first peak exhibits a universal scaling of $σ^{-1}$ both in peak time and amplitude. Finally, we find that stochastic noise suppresses these oscillations and induces hopping between localized eigenstates, resulting in constant diffusion over long times. Our predictions challenge the conventional understanding of incoherent hopping under strong disorder. This offers new insights to optimize disordered systems for optoelectrical and quantum information technologies.
title Unusual Diffusivity in Strongly Disordered Quantum Lattices: Random Dimer Model
topic Quantum Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.20813