Abstract
We study the classical and quantum dynamics of a Fermi accelerator realized by an atom bouncing off a modulated atomic mirror. We find that in a window of the modulation amplitude, dynamical localization occurs in both position and momentum. A recent experiment [A. Steane, P. Szriftgiser, P. Desbiolles, and J. Dalibard, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4972 (1995)] shows that this system can be implemented experimentally.
- Received 4 May 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.4779
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