Localization, quantum resonances, and ratchet acceleration in a periodically kicked PT-symmetric quantum rotator

Stefano Longhi
Phys. Rev. A 95, 012125 – Published 19 January 2017

Abstract

We consider wave transport phenomena in a PT-symmetric extension of the periodically kicked quantum rotator model and reveal that dynamical localization assists the unbroken PT phase. In the delocalized (quantum resonance) regime, PT symmetry is always in the broken phase and ratchet acceleration arises as a signature of unidirectional non-Hermitian transport. An optical implementation of the periodically kicked PT-symmetric Hamiltonian, based on transverse beam propagation in a passive optical resonator with combined phase and loss gratings, is suggested to visualize acceleration modes in fractional Talbot cavities.

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  • Received 19 October 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.012125

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & OpticalStatistical Physics & ThermodynamicsGeneral Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Stefano Longhi*

  • Dipartimento di Fisica and IFN-CNR, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milan, Italy

  • *longhi@fisi.polimi.it

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Vol. 95, Iss. 1 — January 2017

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