Asymmetric diffusion in the delta-kicked rotor with broken symmetries
Atomic Physics
2007-05-23 v1
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. The momentum diffusion constant is thus modified by kick-to-kick correlations which show a momentum dependence. We exploit this, and a technique involving a moving optical potential, to create an asymmetry in the momentum diffusion that is due entirely to the chaotic dynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0504096,
title = {Asymmetric diffusion in the delta-kicked rotor with broken symmetries},
author = {P. H. Jones and M. Goonasekera and H. E. Saunders-Singer and T. S. Monteiro and D. R. Meacher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0504096},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures