Wannier–Stark resonances in optical and semiconductor superlattices

M Glück, AR Kolovsky, HJ Korsch - Physics Reports, 2002 - Elsevier
In this work, we discuss the resonance states of a quantum particle in a periodic potential
plus a static force. Originally, this problem was formulated for a crystal electron subject to a …

Engineering novel optical lattices

P Windpassinger, K Sengstock - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical lattices have developed into a widely used and highly recognized tool to study many-
body quantum physics with special relevance for solid state type systems. One of the most …

Lyapunov exponent and out-of-time-ordered correlator's growth rate in a chaotic system

EB Rozenbaum, S Ganeshan, V Galitski - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
It was proposed recently that the out-of-time-ordered four-point correlator (OTOC) may serve
as a useful characteristic of quantum-chaotic behavior, because, in the semiclassical limit …

Floquet engineering with quasienergy bands of periodically driven optical lattices

M Holthaus - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A primer on the Floquet theory of periodically time-dependent quantum systems is provided,
and it is shown how to apply this framework for computing the quasienergy band structure …

The cold atom Hubbard toolbox

D Jaksch, P Zoller - Annals of physics, 2005 - Elsevier
We review recent theoretical advances in cold atom physics concentrating on strongly
correlated cold atoms in optical lattices. We discuss recently developed quantum optical …

A Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice

JH Denschlag, JE Simsarian, H Häffner… - Journal of Physics B …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
We have performed a number of experiments with a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in a
one-dimensional optical lattice. Making use of the small momentum spread of a BEC and …

Quantum signatures of chaos in a kicked top

S Chaudhury, A Smith, BE Anderson, S Ghose… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Chaotic behaviour is ubiquitous and plays an important part in most fields of science. In
classical physics, chaos is characterized by hypersensitivity of the time evolution of a system …

Observation of rare-earth segregation in silicon nitride ceramics at subnanometre dimensions

N Shibata, SJ Pennycook, TR Gosnell, GS Painter… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Abstract Silicon nitride (Si3N4) ceramics are used in numerous applications because of their
superior mechanical properties,. Their intrinsically brittle nature is a critical issue, but can be …

Single-particle tunneling in strongly driven double-well potentials

E Kierig, U Schnorrberger, A Schietinger, J Tomkovic… - Physical review …, 2008 - APS
We report on the first direct observation of coherent control of single-particle tunneling in a
strongly driven double-well potential. In our setup atoms propagate in a periodic …

Directed transport of atoms in a Hamiltonian quantum ratchet

T Salger, S Kling, T Hecking, C Geckeler… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Classical ratchet potentials, which alternate a driving potential with periodic random
dissipative motion, can account for the operation of biological motors. We demonstrate the …