Dynamics of weakly localized waves

S. E. Skipetrov (1) , B. van Tiggelen (1)

1 LPM2C - Laboratoire de physique et modélisation des milieux condensés

We develop a transport theory to describe the dynamics of (weakly) localized waves in a quasi-1D tube geometry both in reflection and in transmission. We compare our results to recent experiments with microwaves, and to other theories such as random matrix theory and supersymmetric theory.

Domaines: Systèmes mésoscopiques et effet Hall quantique [cond-mat.mes-hall]

S. E. Skipetrov, B. van Tiggelen. Dynamics of weakly localized waves. Physical Review Letters, 2004, 92, pp.113901. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.113901⟩. ⟨hal-00118730⟩