Browsing by Author "Zheng MC"

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    Probing localization in absorbing systems via Loschmidt echos.
    (26/06/2009) Bodyfelt JD; Zheng MC; Kottos T; Kuhl U; Stöckmann H-J
    We measure Anderson localization in quasi-one-dimensional waveguides in the presence of absorption by analyzing the echo dynamics due to small perturbations. We specifically show that the inverse participation number of localized modes dictates the decay of the Loschmidt echo, differing from the Gaussian decay expected for diffusive or chaotic systems. Our theory, based on a random matrix modeling, agrees perfectly with scattering echo measurements on a quasi-one-dimensional microwave cavity filled with randomly distributed scatterers.
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    Scaling theory of heat transport in quasi-one-dimensional disordered harmonic chains.
    (2013-02) Bodyfelt JD; Zheng MC; Fleischmann R; Kottos T
    We introduce a variant of the banded random matrix ensemble and show, using detailed numerical analysis and theoretical arguments, that the phonon heat current in disordered quasi-one-dimensional lattices obeys a one-parameter scaling law. The resulting β function indicates that an anomalous Fourier law is applicable in the diffusive regime, while in the localization regime the heat current decays exponentially with the sample size. Our approach opens a new way to investigate the effects of Anderson localization in heat conduction based on the powerful ideas of scaling theory.