Non-exponential decoherence and subdiffusion in atom-optics kicked rotor

Quantum systems lose coherence upon interaction with the environment and tend towards classical states. Quantum coherence is known to exponentially decay in time so that macroscopic quantum superpositions are generally unsustainable. In this work, slower than exponential decay of coherences is exper...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2017-04
Main Authors: Sarkar, Sumit, Sanku, Paul, Vishwakarma, Chetan, Kumar, Sunil, Verma, Gunjan, Sainath, M, Rapol, Umakant D, Santhanam, M S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coherence
Computer simulation
Decay rate
Quantum phenomena
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Summary:Quantum systems lose coherence upon interaction with the environment and tend towards classical states. Quantum coherence is known to exponentially decay in time so that macroscopic quantum superpositions are generally unsustainable. In this work, slower than exponential decay of coherences is experimentally realized in an atom-optics kicked rotor system subjected to non-stationary L\'{e}vy noise in the applied kick sequence. The slower coherence decay manifests in the form of quantum subdiffusion that can be controlled through the L\'{e}vy exponent. The experimental results are in good agreement with the analytical estimates and numerical simulations for the mean energy growth and momentum profiles of atom-optics kicked rotor.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1607.05605