Localization-delocalization transition in a one-dimensional system with long-range correlated off-diagonal disorder

Abstract

The localization behavior of the one-dimensional Anderson model with correlated and uncorrelated purely off-diagonal disorder is studied. Using the transfer matrix method, we derive an analytical expression for the localization length at the band center in terms of the pair correlation function. It is proved that for long-range correlated hopping disorder, a localization-delocalization transition occurs at the critical Hurst exponent H_c= 1/2 when the variance of the logarithm of hopping "\sigma_{\ln(t)}" is kept fixed with the system size N. Based on numerical calculations, finite size scaling relations are postulated for the localization length near the band center (E \neq 0) in terms of the system parameters: E,N,H, and \sigma_{\ln(t)}.