J. Bourgain, S. Jitomirskaya Nonperturbative absolutely continuous spectrum for 1D quasiperiodic operators. (458K, ps) ABSTRACT. We prove that 1D discrete Schroedinger operators with potential of the form $\lambda f(\omega n +\theta),$ where $f$ is a 1-periodic analytic function, have purely absolutely continuous spectrum for $\lambda < \lambda(f),$ Diophantine $\omega$ and a.e. $\theta.$