Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Experimental control of transport resonances in a coherent quantum rocking ratchet

  • Christopher Grossert,
  • Martin Leder,
  • Sergey Denisov,
  • Peter Hänggi,
  • Martin Weitz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10440
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The ratchet effect can be used as a tool to control coherent quantum transport of ultra-cold atoms. Here, the authors demonstrate a rocking quantum ratchet with a rubidium BEC, and reveal the existence of quantum transport resonances.