MEASUREMENT TRAJECTORIES OF CHAOTIC QUANTUM-SYSTEMS

被引:11
作者
SCHLAUTMANN, M
GRAHAM, R
机构
[1] Fachbereich Physik, Universität GH Essen
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1995年 / 52卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.52.340
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
We consider the behavior of a classically chaotic quantum system, the periodically driven pendulum, under the influence of a continuous measurement of its angular momentum. Without measurement the system shows dynamical localization, a quantum interference effect that suppresses the classical chaotic diffusion in momentum space. The coupling of the system to a measuring device destroys its coherence and thus leads to delocalization. This is studied on the level of individual systems including the recording of the measurement results. For that purpose we analyze the appropriate stochastic Schrodinger equation, from which a stochastic quantum map is derived as an effective tool for numerical simulation of measurement trajectories. We show that a continuous momentum measurement restores the diffusive behavior of the system in momentum space, but that for sufficiently low accuracy of measurement the corresponding diffusion constant is smaller than the classical one. This is reflected by an equal diffusive growth of the recorded measurement results. Thus we find signatures of the classical chaos and of the dynamical localization both in the behavior of the measured quantum system and in the corresponding signal of the measuring device.
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页码:340 / 350
页数:11
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