A realization of a quasi-random walk for atoms in time-dependent optical potentials
Quantum Physics
2015-09-30 v2
Abstract
We consider the time dependent dynamics of an atom in a two-color pumped cavity, longitudinally through a side mirror and transversally via direct driving of the atomic dipole. The beating of the two driving frequencies leads to a time dependent effective optical potential that forces the atom into a non-trivial motion, strongly resembling a discrete random walk behavior between lattice sites. We provide both numerical and analytical analysis of such a quasi-random walk behavior.
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@article{arxiv.1409.3437,
title = {A realization of a quasi-random walk for atoms in time-dependent optical potentials},
author = {T. Hinkel and H. Ritsch and C. Genes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3437},
year = {2015}
}