Tailored particle current in an optical lattice by a weak time-symmetric harmonic potential

Details Tailored particle current in an optical lattice by a weak time-symmetric harmonic potential Tailored particle current in an optical lattice by a weak time-symmetric harmonic potential

2010-10-21

arxiv.org/abs/1010.4523v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

4 pages, 4 figures

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Quantum ratchets exhibit asymptotic currents when driven by a time-periodic potential of zero mean if the proper spatio-temporal symmetries are broken. There has been recent debate on whether directed currents may arise for potentials which do not break these symmetries. We show here that, in the presence of degeneracies in the quasienergy spectrum, long-lasting directed currents can be induced, even if the time reversal symmetry is not broken. Our model can be realized with ultracold atoms in optical lattices in the tight-binding regime, and we show that the time scale of the average current can be controlled by extremely weak fields.

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