Gommers, R;
Bergamini, S;
Renzoni, F;
(2005)
Dissipation-induced symmetry breaking in a driven optical lattice.
PHYS REV LETT
, 95
(7)
, Article 073003. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.073003.
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Abstract
We analyze the atomic dynamics in an ac driven periodic optical potential which is symmetric in both time and space. We experimentally demonstrate that in the presence of dissipation the symmetry is broken, and a current of atoms through the optical lattice is generated as a result.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Dissipation-induced symmetry breaking in a driven optical lattice |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.073003 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.073003 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2005 The American Physical Society |
| Keywords: | THERMAL RATCHETS, BROWNIAN MOTORS, FLUCTUATIONS, RECTIFICATION, TRANSPORT, DIFFUSION, SYSTEMS, MOTION, ATOMS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/192310 |
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