Controlling symmetry and localization with an artificial gauge field in a disordered quantum system

Periodically kicked rotors are useful in exploring localization phenomenon. Here the authors use ultracold Cs atoms kicked by short laser pulses and show that the periodic modulation results into interference signals as a signature of weak and strong localizations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clément Hainaut, Isam Manai, Jean-François Clément, Jean Claude Garreau, Pascal Szriftgiser, Gabriel Lemarié, Nicolas Cherroret, Dominique Delande, Radu Chicireanu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03481-9