Cold atom realizations of Brownian motors

Details Cold atom realizations of Brownian motors Cold atom realizations of Brownian motors

2005-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512550v1

Contemp. Phys. 46, 161 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

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10.1080/00107510512331337945

Brownian motors are devices which "rectify" Brownian motion, i.e. they can generate a current of particles out of unbiased fluctuations. Brownian motors are important for the understanding of molecular motors, and are also promising for the realization of new nanolelectronic devices. Among the different systems that can be used to study Brownian motors, cold atoms in optical lattices are quite an unusual one: there is no thermal bath and both the potential and the fluctuations are determined by laser fields. In this article recent experimental implementations of Brownian motors using cold atoms in optical lattices are reviewed.

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