Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4447–4451 (1999)Observation of Quantum Accelerator ModesReceived 27 April 1999; published in the issue dated 29 November 1999 We have realized a quantum accelerator mode using a system consisting of ultracold cesium atoms falling through a pulsed standing wave of off resonant light. We present a picture of this system based on diffraction and show that the effect arises from the application of blazed matter wave diffraction gratings. The implications of our results for quantum chaos and the prospect of constructing a large angular separation matter wave beam splitter are discussed. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4447
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4447
PACS:
03.75.-b, 05.45.Mt, 42.50.Vk
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