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Phase-space reconstruction of an atomic chaotic system

Quantum Physics 2007-12-11 v1 Chaotic Dynamics Atomic Physics

Abstract

We consider the dynamics of a single atom submitted to periodic pulses of a far-detuned standing wave generated by a high-finesse optical cavity, which is an atomic version of the well-known ``kicked rotor''. We show that the classical phase-space map can be ``reconstructed'' by monitoring the transmission of the cavity. We also studied the effect of spontaneous emission on the reconstruction, and put limits to the maximum acceptable spontaneous emission rate.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0503167,
  title  = {Phase-space reconstruction of an atomic chaotic system},
  author = {Hugo L. D. De Souza Cavalcante and Carlos Renato De Carvalho and Jean Claude Garreau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0503167},
  year   = {2007}
}

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