Eur. Phys. J. D 63, 449-456 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20122-4

Regular Article

Kicked-rotor quantum resonances in position space: application to situations of experimental interest

Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies, CNRS, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France

^a Present address: Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, Université Paris-Sud, Bat. 505, Campus d’Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France. e-mail: maxence.lepers@u-psud.fr

Received: 23 February 2011
Received in final form: 5 May 2011
Published online: 5 July 2011

Abstract

In this work we apply the formalism developed in [Phys. Rev. A 77, 043628 (2008)] to different initial conditions corresponding to systems usually met in real-life experiments, and calculate the observable quantities that can be used to characterize the dynamics of the system. The position space point of view allows highly intuitive pictures of the physics at play.