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View SchemaExperimental observation of high-order quantum accelerator modes
| Authors | S. Schlunk, M. B. d'Arcy, S. A. Gardiner, G. S. Summy |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0212015 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0212015 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.124102 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 124102 (2003) |
Abstract
Using a system consisting of a freely falling cloud of cold cesium atoms periodically kicked by pulses from a vertical standing wave of laser light, we present the first experimental observation of high-order quantum accelerator modes. This confirms the recent prediction by Fishman, Guarneri, and Rebuzzini [Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 084101 (2002)]. We also show how these accelerator modes can be identified with the stable regions of phase space in a classical-like chaotic system, despite their intrinsically quantum origin.
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