# Dynamics of localization in a waveguide

@article{Beenakker2001DynamicsOL,
title={Dynamics of localization in a waveguide},
author={C. W. J. Beenakker},
journal={arXiv: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks},
year={2001},
pages={489-508}
}
• C. Beenakker
• Published 5 September 2000
• Physics
• arXiv: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
This is a review of the dynamics of wave propagation through a disordered N-mode waveguide in the localized regime. The basic quantities considered are the Wigner-Smith and single-mode delay times, plus the time-dependent power spectrum of a reflected pulse. The long-time dynamics is dominated by resonant transmission over length scales much larger than the localization length. The corresponding distribution of the Wigner-Smith delay times is the Laguerre ensemble of random-matrix theory. In… Expand
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