Momentum distributions for the quantum delta-kicked rotor with decoherence

Authors
Doherty, AC Vant, KMD Ball, GH Christensen, N Leonhardt, R
Citation
Ac. Doherty et al., Momentum distributions for the quantum delta-kicked rotor with decoherence, J OPT B-QUA, 2(5), 2000, pp. 605-611
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF OPTICS B-QUANTUM AND SEMICLASSICAL OPTICS
ISSN journal
14644266 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
605 - 611
Database
ISI
SICI code
1464-4266(200010)2:5<605:MDFTQD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We discuss the theoretical description and numerical simulation of the effe ct of noise and environmental coupling on the momentum distribution of the quantum delta -kicked rotor in recent atom optics experiments. We investiga te the transition between exponentially localized and more nearly Gaussian momentum distributions and compare our simulations with existing experiment al results.