Singular Behavior of Electronic Eigenstates in the Anderson Model of Localization
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Abstract
We report the observation of a singularity in the electronic properties of the Anderson Model of Localization with diagonal disorder\footnote{P. W. Anderson, Physical Review {\bf 109}, 1492 (1958).} which is clearly distinct from the well- established mobility edge (localization-delocalization transition)\footnote{E. Abrahams, P. W. Anderson, D. C. Licciardello and T. V. Ramakrishnan, Physical Review Letters {\bf 42}, 673 (1979).}$^,$\footnote{For a recent review on Anderson Localization, see Ferdinand Evers and Alexander D. Mirlin, Reviews of Modern Physics {\bf 80}, 1355 (2008).} that occurs in dimensions $d>2$. We present results of numerical calculations for various disorder distributions in dimensions $d$ = $1$, $2$ and $3$, of different properties of the electronic wavefunctions to establish this, and to understand its evolution with disorder distribution, dimension and lattice type. Our data suggest that the model is richer than has been originally believed.
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Authors
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Sonika Johri
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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R.N. Bhatt
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-5263, Department of Electrical Engineering and Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544