Lifshitz tail states in non-Hermitian disordered photonic lattices

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09106v2
• Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:53:43 GMT
• Title: Lifshitz tail states in non-Hermitian disordered photonic lattices
• Authors: Stefano Longhi,
• Abstract summary: Anderson localization near the band edges can exhibit anomalously weak localization in the form of Lifshitz tail states. Lifshitz tail states correspond to clusters of contiguous sites with nearly identical on-site energies. We show that when Anderson localization is induced by disorder in an imaginary on-site potential, Lifshitz tail states can dominate the system's dynamics and become experimentally observable.
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• Abstract: In lattices with uncorrelated on-site potential disorder, Anderson localization near the band edges can exhibit anomalously weak localization in the form of Lifshitz tail states. These states correspond to clusters of contiguous sites with nearly identical on-site energies, allowing excitations to extend significantly beyond the characteristic localization length determined by the inverse of Lyapunov exponent. Since Lifshitz tail states are rare events, with an exponentially small density of states, they are typically considered of limited practical importance. In this work, we demonstrate that when Anderson localization is induced by disorder in an imaginary on-site potential, Lifshitz tail states can dominate the system's dynamics and become experimentally observable. This phenomenon is illustrated through the Anderson-Bernoulli model in a non-Hermitian photonic lattice, shedding light on the unique interplay between disorder and non-Hermiticity in such systems

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