{
  "id": "1210.5657",
  "version": "v4",
  "published": "2012-10-20T21:32:47.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-06-03T20:57:15.000Z",
  "title": "A cold-atom ratchet interpolating between classical and quantum dynamics",
  "authors": [
    "R. K. Shrestha",
    "W. K. Lam",
    "J. Ni",
    "G. S. Summy"
  ],
  "comment": "This is a paper following arXiv:1210.6025",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "cond-mat.quant-gas"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study the crossover between classical and quantum dynamics by observing the behavior of a quantum ratchet created by exposing a Bose-Einstein condensate to short pulses of a potential which is periodic in both space and time. Such a ratchet is manifested by a directed current of particles, even though there is an absence of a net bias force. We confirm that the ratchet behavior can under certain circumstances be the same in both regimes. We demonstrate that this behavior can be understood using a single variable containing many of the experimental parameters and thus the ratchet current is describable using a single universal scaling law.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v4",
      "updated": "2013-06-03T20:57:15.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum dynamics",
      "cold-atom ratchet interpolating",
      "single universal scaling law",
      "net bias force",
      "quantum ratchet"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2012arXiv1210.5657S"
    }
  }
}