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arxiv: cond-mat/0403501 · v2 · submitted 2004-03-19 · ❄️ cond-mat.dis-nn · nlin.CD

Current relaxation in nonlinear random media

classification ❄️ cond-mat.dis-nn nlin.CD
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We study the current relaxation of a wave packet in a nonlinear random sample coupled to the continuum and show that the survival probability decays as $P(t) \sim 1/t^{\alpha}$. For intermediate times $t<t^*$, the exponent $\alpha$ satisfies a scaling law $\alpha =f(\Lambda=\chi/l_{\infty})$ where $\chi$ is the nonlinearity strength and $l_{\infty}$ is the localization length of the corresponding random system with $\chi=0$. For $t\gg t^*$ and $\chi>\chi_{\rm cr}$ we find a universal decay with $\alpha=2/3$ which is a signature of the {\it nonlinearity-induced delocalization}. Experimental evidence should be observable in coupled nonlinear optical waveguides.

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