Sadgrove M, Wimberger S, Parkins S, Leonhardt R. Ballistic and localized transport for the atom optics kicked rotor in the limit of a vanishing kicking period.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2005;
94:174103. [PMID:
15904296 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.94.174103]
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Abstract
We present mean energy measurements for the atom optics kicked rotor as the kicking period tends to zero. A narrow resonance is observed marked by quadratic energy growth, in parallel with a complete freezing of the energy absorption away from the resonance peak. Both phenomena are explained by classical means, taking proper account of the atoms' initial momentum distribution.
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