QUANTUM-MECHANICAL LOCALIZATION OF AN ION IN A PAUL TRAP

Authors
ELGHAFAR N MAYR E SAVICHEV V TORMA P ZEILER A SCHLEICH WP
Citation
N. Elghafar et al., QUANTUM-MECHANICAL LOCALIZATION OF AN ION IN A PAUL TRAP, J. mod. opt., 44(10), 1997, pp. 1985-1998
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
J. mod. opt. → ACNP
ISSN journal
09500340
Volume
44
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1985 - 1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(1997)44:10<1985:QLOAII>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We show that dynamical localization of vibrational states occurs for a n ion stored in a Paul trap and interacting with a standing laser fiel d [1A]. The relation between the classical diffusion and the localizat ion length is found to be of the same form as for the paradigm of dyna mical localization, the kicked rotator.