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View SchemaPhase-control of directed diffusion in a symmetric optical lattice
| Authors | Michele Schiavoni, Laurent Sanchez-Palencia, Ferruccio Renzoni, Gilbert Grynberg |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0309208 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309208 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.094101 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 094101 |
Abstract
We demonstrate the phenomenon of directed diffusion in a symmetric periodic potential. This has been realized with cold atoms in a one-dimensional dissipative optical lattice. The stochastic process of optical pumping leads to a diffusive dynamics of the atoms through the periodic structure, while a zero-mean force which breaks the temporal symmetry of the system is applied by phase-modulating one of the lattice beams. The atoms are set into directed motion as a result of the breaking of the temporal symmetry of the system.
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