Creffield, CE; Hur, G; Monteiro, TS; (2006) Localization-delocalization transition in a system of quantum kicked rotors. PHYS REV LETT , 96 (2) , Article 024103. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.024103.

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The quantum dynamics of atoms subjected to pairs of closely spaced delta kicks from optical potentials are shown to be quite different from the well-known paradigm of quantum chaos, the single delta-kick system. We find the unitary matrix has a new oscillating band structure corresponding to a cellular structure of phase space and observe a spectral signature of a localization-delocalization transition from one cell to several. We find that the eigenstates have localization lengths which scale with a fractional power L similar to h(-0.75) and obtain a regime of near-linear spectral variances which approximate the "critical statistics" relation Sigma(2)(L)similar or equal to chi L approximate to 1/2(1-nu)L, where nu approximate to 0.75 is related to the fractal classical phase-space structure. The origin of the nu approximate to 0.75 exponent is analyzed.

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