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We investigate the Schr\"odinger (non-relativistic) and the Dirac (``relativistic") billiards in the universal regime. The study is based on a non-ideal quantum resonant scattering numerical simulation. We show universal results that reveal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 A. F. M. Rodrigues da Silva , M. S. M. Barros , A. J. Nascimento Júnior , A. L. R. Barbosa , J. G. G. S. Ramos

The manner in which unpredictable chaotic dynamics manifests itself in quantum mechanics is a key question in the field of quantum chaos. Indeed, very distinct quantum features can appear due to underlying classical nonlinear dynamics. Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-07 G. B. Lemos , R. M. Gomes , S. P. Walborn , P. H. Souto Ribeiro , F. Toscano

We introduce and investigate billiard systems with an adjusted ray dynamics that accounts for modifications of the conventional reflection of rays due to universal wave effects. We show that even small modifications of the specular…

Optics · Physics 2008-09-19 Eduardo G. Altmann , Gianluigi Del Magno , Martina Hentschel

Quantum chaotic dynamics is obtained for a tight-binding model in which the energies of the atomic levels at the boundary sites are chosen at random. Results for the square lattice indicate that the energy spectrum shows a complex behavior…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-28 E. Cuevas , E. Louis , J. A. Verges

In the large-$N$, classical limit, the Bose-Hubbard dimer undergoes a transition to chaos when its tunnelling rate is modulated in time. We use exact and approximate numerical simulations to determine the features of the dynamically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-31 R. A. Kidd , M. K. Olsen , J. F. Corney

Dynamical properties of the elliptical stadium billiard, which is a generalization of the stadium billiard and a special case of the recently introduced mushroom billiards, are investigated analytically and numerically. In dependence on two…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Lopac , I. Mrkonjic , N. Pavin , D. Radic

We consider a bimodal light field envelope propagating in a bulk medium characterized by competing cubic and quintic nonlinearities. The subfields are coupled by a cross-phase modulation term and experience effective attraction. We find…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-05 Dmitry A. Zezyulin

Chaos is a fundamental phenomenon in nonlinear dynamics, manifesting as irregular and unpredictable behavior across various physical systems. Among the diverse routes to chaos, intermittent chaos is a distinct transition pathway,…

Classical-quantum correspondence for conservative chaotic Hamiltonians is investigated in terms of the structure of the eigenfunctions and the local density of states, using as a model a 2D rippled billiard in the regime of global chaos.…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. A. Luna-Acosta , J. A. Mendez-Bermudez , F. M. Izrailev

A setup is proposed to play a quantum version of the famous bimatrix game of Prisoners' Dilemma. Multi-slit electron diffraction with each player's pure strategy consisting of opening one of the two slits at his/her disposal are essential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Iqbal

The coupling of orbital and spin degrees of freedom is the source of many interesting phenomena. Here, we study the electron dynamics in a quantum billiard --a mesoscopic rectangular quantum dot-- with spin-orbit coupling driven by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-13 D. V. Khomitsky , A. I. Malyshev , E. Ya. Sherman , M. Di Ventra

We introduce and study a model of time-dependent billiard systems with billiard boundaries undergoing infinitesimal wiggling motions. The so-called quivering billiard is simple to simulate, straightforward to analyze, and is a faithful…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-10-26 Jeffery Demers , Christopher Jarzynski

Ballistic transport through a collection of quantum billiards in undoped graphene is studied analytically within the conformal mapping technique. The billiards show pseudodiffusive behavior, with the conductance equal to that of a classical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-18 Adam Rycerz , Patrik Recher , Michael Wimmer

We examine the emergence of chaos in a non-linear model derived from a semiquantum Hamiltonian describing the coupling between a classical field and a quantum system. The latter corresponds to a bosonic version of a BCS-like Hamiltonian,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 A. M. Kowalski , R. Rossignoli

In finite-dimensional, chaotic, Lorenz-like wave-particle dynamical systems one can find diffusive trajectories, which share their appearance with that of laminar chaotic diffusion [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 074101 (2022)] known from delay…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-18 David Müller-Bender , Rahil N. Valani , Günter Radons

We adapt ideas from geometrical optics and classical billiard dynamics to consider particle trajectories with constant velocity on a cone with specular reflections off an elliptical boundary formed by the intersection with a tilted plane,…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-06 Lara Braverman , David R. Nelson

Square billiards are quantum systems complying with the dynamical quantum-classical correspondence. Hence an initially localized wavefunction launched along a classical periodic orbit evolves along that orbit, the spreading of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-08-13 A. Matzkin

Polygonal billiards exhibit a rich and complex dynamical behavior. In recent years polygonal billiards have attracted great attention due to their application in the understanding of anomalous transport, but also at the fundamental level,…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2024-05-14 Jordan Orchard , Federico Frascoli , Lamberto Rondoni , Carlos Mejía-Monasterio

We introduce the spherical wedge billiard, a dynamical system consisting of a particle moving along a geodesic on a closed non-Euclidean surface of a spherical wedge. We derive the analytic form of the corresponding Poincar\'e map and find…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-09 Tomáš Tyc , Darek Cidlinský

We investigate the quantization of a free particle coupled linearly to a harmonic oscillator. This system, whose classical counterpart has clearly separated regular and chaotic regions, provides an ideal framework for studying the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Thomas Mainiero , Mason A. Porter