Reversible Destruction of Dynamical Localization
Atomic Physics
2016-08-16 v1 Other Condensed Matter
Chaotic Dynamics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
Dynamical localization is a localization phenomenon taking place, for example, in the quantum periodically-driven kicked rotor. It is due to subtle quantum destructive interferences and is thus of intrinsic quantum origin. It has been shown that deviation from strict periodicity in the driving rapidly destroys dynamical localization. We report experimental results showing that this destruction is partially reversible when the deterministic perturbation that destroyed it is slowly reversed. We also provide an explanation for the partial character of the reversibility.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0507209,
title = {Reversible Destruction of Dynamical Localization},
author = {Hans Lignier and Julien Chabé and Dominique Delande and Jean-Claude Garreau and Pascal Szriftgiser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0507209},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 eps figures (color)