Reversible Destruction of Dynamical Localization

Journal Article · Fri Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.234101· OSTI ID:20699651

Lignier, Hans; Chabe, Julien; Garreau, Jean Claude; Szriftgiser, Pascal ^[1]; Delande, Dominique ^[2]

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1. Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molecules, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Laser et Applications, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex (France)
2. Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Case 74, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France)

Dynamical localization is a localization phenomenon taking place, for example, in the quantum periodically driven kicked rotor. It is due to subtle quantum destructive interferences and is thus of intrinsic quantum origin. It has been shown that deviation from strict periodicity in the driving rapidly destroys dynamical localization. We report experimental results showing that this destruction is partially reversible when the deterministic perturbation that destroyed it is slowly reversed. We also provide an explanation for the partial character of the reversibility.

• OSTI ID: 20699651
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 95, Issue 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.234101; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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