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View SchemaThe role of quasi-momentum in the resonant dynamics of the atom-optics kicked rotor
| Authors | Sandro Wimberger, Mark Sadgrove |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0505143 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0505143 |
| DOI | 10.1088/0305-4470/38/49/007 |
| Journal | J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38, 10549 (2005) |
Abstract
We examine the effect of the initial atomic momentum distribution on the dynamics of the atom-optical realisation of the quantum kicked rotor. The atoms are kicked by a pulsed optical lattice, the periodicity of which implies that quasi-momentum is conserved in the transport problem. We study and compare experimentally and theoretically two resonant limits of the kicked rotor: in the vicinity of the quantum resonances and in the semiclassical limit of vanishing kicking period. It is found that for the same experimental distribution of quasi-momenta, significant deviations from the kicked rotor model are induced close to quantum resonance, while close to the classical resonance (i.e. for small kicking period) the effect of the quasi-momentum vanishes.
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"title": "The role of quasi-momentum in the resonant dynamics of the atom-optics kicked rotor",
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