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Comment on “Three-Dimensional Anderson Localization in Variable Scale Disorder”

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: In a recent experiment [McGehee et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 145303 (2013)], the expansion of non-interacting ultracold fermions was studied in a random speckle potential, and the observed density profiles were interpreted based on 3D Anderson localization. The purpose of this note is to demonstrate that slow diffusion of particles with a broad energy distribution and an energy-dependent diffusion coefficient leads to density profiles that agree with the measured data, but not with the behavior expected for 3D Anderson localization.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.099601

Authors: Cord A. Müller, Boris Shapiro

Institutions: Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, University of Konstanz, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W94850495

FWCI: 2.166

Cites: 3

Cited by: 18

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