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Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4790–4793 (1997)

Quantum Chaos in an Ion Trap: The Delta-Kicked Harmonic Oscillator

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S. A. Gardiner, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

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Received 15 August 1997; published in the issue dated 15 December 1997

We propose an experimental configuration, within an ion trap, by which a quantum mechanical delta-kicked harmonic oscillator could be realized, and investigated. We show how to directly measure the sensitivity of the ion motion to small variations in the external parameters.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4790
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4790
PACS:
05.45.+b, 03.65.Bz, 42.50.Vk

See Also

Erratum: S. A. Gardiner, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Erratum: Quantum Chaos in an Ion Trap: The Delta-Kicked Harmonic Oscillator [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4790 (1997)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2968 (1998).