Numerical study of anomalous diffusion of light in semi-crystalline polymer structures

Autor: Kostadinova, E G, Padgett, J L, Liaw, C D, Matthews, L S, Hyde, T W
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043375 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043375
Popis: From the spread of pollutants in the atmosphere to the transmission of nutrients across cell membranes, anomalous diffusion processes are ubiquitous in natural systems. The ability to understand and control the mechanisms guiding such processes across various scales has important application to research in materials science, finance, medicine, and energetics. Here we present a numerical study of anomalous diffusion of light through a semi-crystalline polymer structure where transport is guided by random disorder and nonlocal interactions. The numerical technique examines diffusion properties in one-dimensional (1D) space via the spectrum of an Anderson-type Hamiltonian with a discrete fractional Laplacian operator (-{\Delta})^s, 01 (sub-diffusion) for most examined cases. An important finding of the present study is that transport can be enhanced at key spatial scales in the sub-diffusive case, where all states are normally expected to be localized for a (1D) disordered system.
Databáze: arXiv