TY - JOUR
T1 - Anderson localization of matter waves in tailored disordered potentials
AU - Piraud, Marie
AU - Aspect, Alain
AU - Sanchez-Palencia, Laurent
PY - 2012/6/13
Y1 - 2012/6/13
N2 - We show that, in contrast to immediate intuition, Anderson localization of noninteracting particles induced by a disordered potential in free space can increase (i.e., the localization length can decrease) when the particle energy increases, for appropriately tailored disorder correlations. We predict the effect in one, two, and three dimensions, and propose a simple method to observe it using ultracold atoms placed in optical disorder. The increase of localization with the particle energy can serve to discriminate quantum versus classical localization.
AB - We show that, in contrast to immediate intuition, Anderson localization of noninteracting particles induced by a disordered potential in free space can increase (i.e., the localization length can decrease) when the particle energy increases, for appropriately tailored disorder correlations. We predict the effect in one, two, and three dimensions, and propose a simple method to observe it using ultracold atoms placed in optical disorder. The increase of localization with the particle energy can serve to discriminate quantum versus classical localization.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.063611
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.063611
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862519659
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 6
M1 - 063611
ER -