Effects of disorder upon transport and Anderson localization in a finite, two-dimensional Bose gas

Disorder can fundamentally modify the transport properties of a system. A striking example is Anderson localization, suppressing transport due to destructive interference of propagation paths. In inhomogeneous many-body systems, not all particles are localized for finite-strength disorder, and the system can become partially diffusive. Unraveling the intricate signatures of localization from such observed diffusion is a longstanding problem. Here, we experimentally study a degenerate, spin-polarized Fermi gas in a disorder potential formed by an optical speckle pattern. We record the diffusion through the disordered potential upon release from an external confining potential. We compare different methods to analyze the resulting density distributions, including a new approach to capture particle dynamics by evaluating absorption-image statistics. Using standard observables, such as diffusion exponent and coefficient, localized fraction, or localization length, we find that some show signatures for a transition to localization above a critical disorder strength, while others show a smooth crossover to a modified diffusion regime. In laterally displaced disorder, we spatially resolve different transport regimes simultaneously, which allows us to extract the subdiffusion exponent expected for weak localization. Our work emphasizes that the transition toward localization can be investigated by closely analyzing the system's diffusion, offering ways of revealing localization effects beyond the signature of exponentially decaying density distribution. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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Significance of the nature of disorder on the universal features of the spatio-temporal correlations of two-dimensional Coulomb-clusters

Prashanti

Ash

Ghosal

2023

Eur. Phys. J. B

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Effects of disorder upon transport and Anderson localization in a finite, two-dimensional Bose gas

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Significance of the nature of disorder on the universal features of the spatio-temporal correlations of two-dimensional Coulomb-clusters

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