Energy transport and chaos in a one-dimensional disordered nonlinear stub lattice
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| author | Cheong, Su Ho Ngapasare, Arnold Achilleos, Vassos Theocharis, Georgios Richoux, Olivier Skokos, Charalampos |
| author_facet | Cheong, Su Ho Ngapasare, Arnold Achilleos, Vassos Theocharis, Georgios Richoux, Olivier Skokos, Charalampos |
| contents | We investigate energy propagation in a one-dimensional stub lattice in the presence of both disorder and nonlinearity. In the periodic case, the stub lattice hosts two dispersive bands separated by a flat band; however, we show that sufficiently strong disorder fills all intermediate band gaps. By mapping the two-dimensional parameter space of disorder and nonlinearity, we identify three distinct dynamical regimes (weak chaos, strong chaos, and self-trapping) through numerical simulations of initially localized wave packets. When disorder is strong enough to close the frequency gaps, the results closely resemble those obtained in the one-dimensional disordered discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation and Klein-Gordon lattice model. In particular, subdiffusive spreading is observed in both the weak and strong chaos regimes, with the second moment $m_2$ of the norm distribution scaling as $m_2 \propto t^{0.33}$ and $m_2 \propto t^{0.5}$, respectively. The system's chaotic behavior follows a similar trend, with the finite-time maximum Lyapunov exponent $Λ$ decaying as $Λ\propto t^{-0.25}$ and $Λ\propto t^{-0.3}$. For moderate disorder strengths, i.e., near the point of gap closing, we find that the presence of small frequency gaps does not exert any noticeable influence on the spreading behavior. Our findings extend the characterization of nonlinear disordered lattices in both weak and strong chaos regimes to other network geometries, such as the stub lattice, which serves as a representative flat-band system. |
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| spellingShingle | Energy transport and chaos in a one-dimensional disordered nonlinear stub lattice Cheong, Su Ho Ngapasare, Arnold Achilleos, Vassos Theocharis, Georgios Richoux, Olivier Skokos, Charalampos Chaotic Dynamics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Statistical Mechanics Dynamical Systems Computational Physics We investigate energy propagation in a one-dimensional stub lattice in the presence of both disorder and nonlinearity. In the periodic case, the stub lattice hosts two dispersive bands separated by a flat band; however, we show that sufficiently strong disorder fills all intermediate band gaps. By mapping the two-dimensional parameter space of disorder and nonlinearity, we identify three distinct dynamical regimes (weak chaos, strong chaos, and self-trapping) through numerical simulations of initially localized wave packets. When disorder is strong enough to close the frequency gaps, the results closely resemble those obtained in the one-dimensional disordered discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation and Klein-Gordon lattice model. In particular, subdiffusive spreading is observed in both the weak and strong chaos regimes, with the second moment $m_2$ of the norm distribution scaling as $m_2 \propto t^{0.33}$ and $m_2 \propto t^{0.5}$, respectively. The system's chaotic behavior follows a similar trend, with the finite-time maximum Lyapunov exponent $Λ$ decaying as $Λ\propto t^{-0.25}$ and $Λ\propto t^{-0.3}$. For moderate disorder strengths, i.e., near the point of gap closing, we find that the presence of small frequency gaps does not exert any noticeable influence on the spreading behavior. Our findings extend the characterization of nonlinear disordered lattices in both weak and strong chaos regimes to other network geometries, such as the stub lattice, which serves as a representative flat-band system. |
| title | Energy transport and chaos in a one-dimensional disordered nonlinear stub lattice |
| topic | Chaotic Dynamics Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Statistical Mechanics Dynamical Systems Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04159 |