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Exploring the phase space of the quantum delta-kicked accelerator
G Behinaein1, V Ramareddy, P Ahmadi
1Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-3072, USA.
Abstract:
We experimentally explore the underlying pseudoclassical phase space structure of the quantum delta-kicked accelerator. This was achieved by exposing a Bose-Einstein condensate to the spatially corrugated potential created by pulses of an off-resonant standing light wave. For the first time quantum accelerator modes were realized in such a system. By utilizing the narrow momentum distribution of the condensate we were able to observe the discrete momentum state structure of a quantum accelerator mode and also to directly measure the size of the structures in the phase space.
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