Anderson localization induced by complex potential

Abstract

Uncorrelated disorder potential in one-dimensional lattice definitely induces Anderson localization, while quasiperiodic potential can lead to both localized and extended phases, depending on the potential strength. We investigate the Anderson localization in one-dimensional lattice with nonHermitian complex disorder and quasiperiodic potential. We present a non-Hermitian SSH chain to demonstrate that a nonzero imaginary disorder on-site potential can induce the standard Anderson localization. We also show that the non-Hermitian Aubry-Andre (AA) model exhibits a transition in parameter space, which separates the localization and delocalization phases and is determined by the self-duality of the model. It indicates that a pure imaginary quasiperiodic potential takes the same role as a real quasiperiodic potential in the transition point between localization and delocalization. Remarkably, a system with complex quasiperiodic potential exhibits interference-like pattern on the transition points.

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