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View SchemaDirected motion for delta-kicked atoms with broken symmetries: comparison between theory and experiment
| Authors | P. H. Jones, M. Goonasekera, D. R. Meacher, T. Jonckheere, T. S. Monteiro |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0309149 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0309149 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.073002 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett 98 073002 (2007) |
Abstract
We report an experimental investigation of momentum diffusion in the delta-function kicked rotor where time symmetry is broken by a two-period kicking cycle and spatial symmetry by an alternating linear potential. We exploit this, and a technique involving a moving optical potential, to create an asymmetry in the momentum diffusion that is due to the classical chaotic diffusion. This represents a realization of a type of Hamiltonian quantum ratchet.
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