Fermi accelerator in atom optics

Farhan Saif, Iwo Bialynicki-Birula, Mauro Fortunato, and Wolfgang P. Schleich
Phys. Rev. A 58, 4779 – Published 1 December 1998
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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. 74, 4972 (1995)] shows that this system can be implemented experimentally.

  • Received 4 May 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.4779

©1998 American Physical Society

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Farhan Saif*, Iwo Bialynicki-Birula†, Mauro Fortunato‡, and Wolfgang P. Schleich

  • Abteilung für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm, Germany

  • *Electronic address: saif@physik.uni-ulm.de
  • †Permanent address: Center for Theoretical Physics, Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland.
  • ‡Permanent address: Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy.

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Vol. 58, Iss. 6 — December 1998

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