The Fermi accelerator in atom optics
Quantum Physics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We study the classical and quantum dynamics of a Fermi accelerator realized by an atom bouncing off a modulated atomic mirror. We find that in a window of the modulation amplitude dynamical localization occurs in both position and momentum. A recent experiment [A. Steane, P. Szriftgiser, P. Desbiolles, and J. Dalibard, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 74}, 4972 (1995)] shows that this system can be implemented experimentally.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9809040,
title = {The Fermi accelerator in atom optics},
author = {Farhan Saif and Iwo Bialynicki-Birula and Mauro Fortunato and Wolfgang P. Schleich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9809040},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 5 figures