Laser-induced quantum chaos in 1-D crystals
Condensed Matter
2008-02-03 v1 chao-dyn
Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
We study the electronic band structure for a model one-dimensional periodic potential in the presence of a spacially homogeneous laser field. The statistical properties of the energy bands depend on the coupling between the crystal and the laser field, going from Poisson to Wigner-Dyson (GOE) and back to Poisson as the coupling increases. We argue that the classical dynamics of this system resembles that of a periodically driven pendulum. We find that the chaotic regime is not restricted solely to high-lying bands and should thus be of easier access to optical experiments.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9602065,
title = {Laser-induced quantum chaos in 1-D crystals},
author = {H. S. Brandi and Belita Koiller and Eduardo R. Mucciolo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9602065},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 Postscript figures, uses RevTeX 3.0 and epsf.tex, submitted to Phys. Rev. B