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Phase Control of Nonadiabaticity-induced Quantum Chaos in An Optical Lattice

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

The qualitative nature (i.e. integrable vs. chaotic) of the translational dynamics of a three-level atom in an optical lattice is shown to be controllable by varying the relative laser phase of two standing wave lasers. Control is explained in terms of the nonadiabatic transition between optical potentials and the corresponding regular to chaotic transition in mixed classical-quantum dynamics. The results are of interest to both areas of coherent control and quantum chaos.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0204026,
  title  = {Phase Control of Nonadiabaticity-induced Quantum Chaos in An Optical Lattice},
  author = {Jiangbin Gong and Paul Brumer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0204026},
  year   = {2009}
}

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3 figures, 4 pages, to appear in Physical Review Letters