Phys. Rev. E 60, 3881–3895 (1999)

Dynamical localization of ultracold sodium atoms

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C. F. Bharucha^*, J. C. Robinson^†, F. L. Moore^‡, Bala Sundaram^§, Qian Niu, and M. G. Raizen
Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1081

Received 10 August 1998; revised 21 May 1999; published in the issue dated October 1999

We report a study of atomic motion in time-dependent optical potentials. We measure momentum transfer in parameter regimes for which the classical dynamics are chaotic, and observe the quantum suppression of chaos by dynamical localization. The high degree of control over the experimental parameters enables detailed comparisons with theoretical predictions, and opens new avenues for investigating quantum chaos.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.60.3881

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10.1103/PhysRevE.60.3881

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05.45.-a

^*Present address: Conley, Rose and Tayon, P.C., 816 Congress Ave., Suite 320, Austin, TX 78701.

^†Present address: KLA-Tencor, 1701 Directors Blvd., Suite 1000, Austin, TX 78744.

^‡Present address: NOAA/CMDL, NO₂ and Halocompounds Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303.

^§Present address: Department of Mathematics, CSI-CUNY, Staten Island, NY 10314.

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Phys. Rev. E 60, 3881–3895 (1999)

Dynamical localization of ultracold sodium atoms