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Transmission and reflection studies of periodic and random systems with gain

arXiv:cond-mat/9904300 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.59.6159

Abstract

The transmission (T) and reflection (R) coefficients are studied in periodic systems and random systems with gain. For both the periodic electronic tight-binding model and the periodic classical many-layered model, we obtain numerically and theoretically the dependence of T and R. The critical length of periodic system L[sub c][sup 0], above which T decreases with the size of the system L while R approaches a constant value, is obtained to be inversely proportional to the imaginary part cursive-epsilon (double-prime) of the dielectric function cursive-epsilon . For the random system, T and R also show a nonmonotonic behavior versus L. For short systems (L < Lc) with gain (left-angle)ln T(right-angle) = (l[sub g][sup -1] - xi [sub 0][sup -1])L. For large systems (L(very-much-greater-than)Lc) with gain (left-angle)ln T(right-angle) = - (l[sub g][sup -1] + xi [sub 0][sup -1])L. Lc, lg, and xi 0 are the critical, gain, and localization lengths, respectively. The dependence of the critical length Lc on cursive-epsilon (double-prime) and disorder strength W are also given. Finally, the probability distribution of the reflection R for random systems with gain is also examined. Some very interesting behaviors are observed.

8 pages, 8 figures

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