Hard chaos and adiabatic quantization: The wedge billiard

We present a study of a series of eigenstates occurring in the wedge billiard which may be quantized about tori by sejiclassical adiabatic quantization, even though the underlying classical system exhibits hard chaos and strictly possesses no tori. We also show that adiabatic eigenstates should be common in many chaotic systems, especially among the lower eigenstates, and present a heuristic argument as to why this should be so.     

Chaotic and Arnold stripes in weakly chaotic Hamiltonian systems

The dynamics in weakly chaotic Hamiltonian systems strongly depends on initial conditions (ICs) and little can be affirmed about generic behaviors. Using two distinct Hamiltonian systems, namely one particle in an open rectangular billiard and four particles globally coupled on a discrete lattice, we show that in these models, the transition from integrable motion to weak chaos emerges via chaotic stripes as the nonlinear parameter is increased. The stripes represent intervals of initial conditions which generate chaotic trajectories and increase with the nonlinear parameter of the system. In the billiard case, the initial conditions are the injection angles. For higher-dimensional systems and small nonlinearities, the chaotic stripes are the initial condition inside which Arnold diffusion occurs.     

Localization properties of eigenstates in waveguides and cavities with corrugated boundaries

In this paper, we investigate the localization properties of eigenstates for the infinite periodic and closed versions of the generalized ripple billiard (exemplifying corrugated waveguides and corrugated cavities, respectively) having Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. In particular, we demonstrate the existence of strongly energy-localized eigenstates that suffer repulsion, in configuration space, from highly corrugated billiard boundaries. Thus, exhibiting the repulsion effect as a universal property present in billiards with corrugated boundaries. We also characterize this repulsion effect (both, in energy and in configuration space) and provide heuristic expressions for the repelled eigenstate profiles in configuration representation.     

Quantum Chaos in the Extended Dicke Model

We systematically study the chaotic signatures in a quantum many-body system consisting of an ensemble of interacting two-level atoms coupled to a single-mode bosonic field, the so-called extended Dicke model. The presence of the atom–atom interaction also leads us to explore how the atomic interaction affects the chaotic characters of the model. By analyzing the energy spectral statistics and the structure of eigenstates, we reveal the quantum signatures of chaos in the model and discuss the effect of the atomic interaction. We also investigate the dependence of the boundary of chaos extracted from both eigenvalue-based and eigenstate-based indicators on the atomic interaction. We show that the impact of the atomic interaction on the spectral statistics is stronger than on the structure of eigenstates. Qualitatively, the integrablity-to-chaos transition found in the Dicke model is amplified when the interatomic interaction in the extended Dicke model is switched on.     

What is the role of chaotic scattering in irreversible processes?

We study kinetic properties of simple mechanical models of deterministic diffusion like the scattering of a point particle in a billiard of Lorentz type and the multibaker area-preserving map. We show how dynamical chaos and, in particular, chaotic scattering are related to the transport property of diffusion. Moreover, we show that the Liouvillian dynamics of the multibaker map can be decomposed into the eigenmodes of diffusive relaxation associated with the Ruelle resonances of the Perron-Frobenius operator.     

Fundamental concepts of quantum chaos

We review the fundamental concepts of quantum chaos in Hamiltonian systems. The quantum evolution of bound systems does not possess the sensitive dependence on initial conditions, and thus no chaotic behaviour occurs, whereas the study of the stationary solutions of the Schrödinger equation in the quantum phase space (Wigner functions) reveals precise analogy of the structure of the classical phase portrait. We analyze the regular eigenstates associated with invariant tori in the classical phase space, and the chaotic eigenstates associated with the classically chaotic regions, and the corresponding energy spectra. The effects of quantum localization of the chaotic eigenstates are treated phenomenologically, resulting in Brody-like level statistics, which can be found also at very high-lying levels, while the coupling between the regular and the irregular eigenstates due to tunneling, and of the corresponding levels, manifests itself only in low-lying levels.     

On the signs of quantum chaos in a scattering billiard K system with kinks of the lateral boundary

Signs of quantum chaos in the spectra of linear Hamiltonian systems including scattering billiards of various configurations with kinks of the lateral surface have been experimentally studied. A billiard with kinks of the lateral surface at which the second derivative is indefinite constitutes a scattering K system. As a result, the spectrum of such a billiard and the corresponding model resonator becomes chaotic and the distribution of spectral intervals is close to a Wigner distribution. The spectral rigidity curves have been measured for a model microwave cavity whose shape is similar to the scattering billiard with kinks of the lateral surface. It has been found that the characteristics of the chaotic spectrum, the distribution of the spectral intervals, and the spectral rigidity curves for billiards with kinks of the lateral boundary exhibit signs of quantum chaos.     

Multifractality in Quasienergy Space of Coherent States as a Signature of Quantum Chaos

We present the multifractal analysis of coherent states in kicked top model by expanding them in the basis of Floquet operator eigenstates. We demonstrate the manifestation of phase space structures in the multifractal properties of coherent states. In the classical limit, the classical dynamical map can be constructed, allowing us to explore the corresponding phase space portraits and to calculate the Lyapunov exponent. By tuning the kicking strength, the system undergoes a transition from regularity to chaos. We show that the variation of multifractal dimensions of coherent states with kicking strength is able to capture the structural changes of the phase space. The onset of chaos is clearly identified by the phase-space-averaged multifractal dimensions, which are well described by random matrix theory in a strongly chaotic regime. We further investigate the probability distribution of expansion coefficients, and show that the deviation between the numerical results and the prediction of random matrix theory behaves as a reliable detector of quantum chaos.     

First experimental evidence for chaos-assisted tunneling in a microwave annular billiard

We report on first experimental signatures for chaos-assisted tunneling in a two-dimensional annular billiard. Measurements of microwave spectra from a superconducting cavity with high frequency resolution are combined with electromagnetic field distributions experimentally determined from a normal conducting twin cavity with high spatial resolution to resolve eigenmodes with properly identified quantum numbers. Distributions of quasidoublet splittings serve as basic observables for the tunneling between whispering gallery-type modes localized to congruent, but distinct tori which are coupled weakly to irregular eigenstates associated with the chaotic region in phase space.     

Quantum-dot ground-state energies and spin polarizations: soft versus hard chaos

We consider how the nature of the dynamics affects ground state properties of ballistic quantum dots. We find that "mesoscopic Stoner fluctuations" that arise from the residual screened Coulomb interaction are very sensitive to the degree of chaos. It leads to ground state energies and spin polarizations whose fluctuations strongly increase as a system becomes less chaotic. The crucial features are illustrated with a model that depends on a parameter that tunes the dynamics from nearly integrable to mostly chaotic.     

偏心环形开放台球中粒子逃逸动力学的分形性质

二维台球体系因为能够体现混沌现象的基本特征且数值运算相对简单,从而成为研究微观体系混沌动力学的理想模型,近年来一直广受关注.本文研究非同心的环形开放台球中粒子逃逸的混沌动力学性质,它体现了与初条件密切相关的奇异性.采用简化的盒计数 (box-counting)算法,计算了分形维数,结果定量地反映了粒子逃逸前与环壁碰撞次数随粒子入射角变化的函数关系.其中,特别关注环形台球的偏心率对体系混沌性质的影响.     

New mechanism of chaos in triangular billiards

A new mechanism of weak chaos in triangular billiards has been proposed owing to the effect of cutting of beams of rays. A similar mechanism is also implemented in other polygonal billiards. Cutting of beams results in the separation of initially close rays at a finite angle by jumps in the process of reflections of beams at the vertices of a billiard. The opposite effect of joining of beams of rays occurs in any triangular billiard along with cutting. It has been shown that the cutting of beams has an absolute character and is independent of the form of a triangular billiard or the parameters of a beam. On the contrary, joining has a relative character and depends on the commensurability of the angles of the triangle with π. Joining always suppresses cutting in triangular billiards whose angles are commensurable with π. For this reason, their dynamics cannot be chaotic. In triangular billiards whose angles are rationally incommensurable with π, cutting always dominates, leading to weak chaos. The revealed properties are confirmed by numerical experiments on the phase portraits of typical triangular billiards.     

The Husimi Distribution of Circular Billiard with?an?Applied?Uniform Magnetic Field

We present a theoretical computation of the Husimi distribution function in phase-space for studying the semiclassical dynamics of the circular electron billiard subjected to a constant magnetic field in the perpendicular direction. The results reveal that with the increase of the applied magnetic field the peaks of Husimi function tend to the billiard boundaries, along with the movements a periodic splitting-recombining (alternative single-double) peak structure is arisen. This fact implies the localization of the eigenstates and coincides to the classical trajectory distribution what we obtained by use of representation on the billiard boundary. It becomes possible to compare the local properties of the quantum and classical distributions. Our analysis provides a new perspective to understand the quantum-classical correspondence.     

Test of Trace Formulas for Spectra of Superconducting Microwave Billiards

Experimental tests of various trace formulas, which in general relate the density of states for a given quantum mechanical system to the properties of the periodic orbits of its classical counterpart, for spectra of superconducting microwave billiards of varying chaoticity are reviewed by way of examples. For a two-dimensional Bunimovich stadium billiard the application of Gutzwiller's trace formula is shown to yield correctly locations and strengths of the peaks in the Fourier transformed quantum spectrum in terms of the shortest unstable classical periodic orbits. Furthermore, in two-dimensional billiards of the Limaçon family the transition from regular to chaotic dynamics is studied in terms of a recently derived general trace formula by Ullmo, Grinberg and Tomsovic. Finally, some salient features of wave dynamical chaos in a fully chaotic three-dimensional Sinai microwave billiard are discussed. Here the reconstruction of the spectrum is not as straightforward as in the two-dimensional cases and a modified trace formula as suggested by Balian and Duplantier will have eventually to be applied.     

Semiclassical Analysis of Quarter Stadium Billiards

An expansion method for stationary states is applied to obtain the eigenfunctions and the eigenenergies of the quarter stadium billiard, and its nearest energy-level spacing distribution is obtained. The histogram is consistent with the standard Wigner distribution, which indicates that the stadium billiard system is chaotic. Particular attention is paid to pursuing the quantum manifestations of such classical chaos. The correspondences between the Fourier transformation of quantum spectra and classical orbits are investigated by using the closed-orbit theory. The analytical and numerical results are in agreement with the required resolution, which corroborates that the semiclassical method provides a physically meaningful image to understand such chaotic systems.     

Entanglement production in quantized chaotic systems

Quantum chaos is a subject whose major goal is to identify and to investigate different quantum signatures of classical chaos. Here we study entanglement production in coupled chaotic systems as a possible quantum indicator of classical chaos. We use coupled kicked tops as a model for our extensive numerical studies. We find that, in general, chaos in the system produces more entanglement. However, coupling strength between two subsystems is also a very important parameter for entanglement production. Here we show how chaos can lead to large entanglement which is universal and describable by random matrix theory (RMT). We also explain entanglement production in coupled strongly chaotic systems by deriving a formula based on RMT. This formula is valid for arbitrary coupling strengths, as well as for sufficiently long time. Here we investigate also the effect of chaos on the entanglement production for the mixed initial state. We find that many properties of the mixed-state entanglement production are qualitatively similar to the pure state entanglement production. We however still lack an analytical understanding of the mixed-state entanglement production in chaotic systems.     

Experiments on quantum chaos using microwave cavities: Results for the pseudo-integrable L-billiard

We describe microwave experiments used to study billiard geometries as model problems of non-integrability in quantum or wave mechanics. The experiments can study arbitrary 2-D geometries, including chaotic and even disordered billiards. Detailed results on an L-shaped pseudo-integrable billiard are discussed as an example. The eigenvalue statistics are well-described by empirical formulae incorporating the fraction of phase space that is non-integrable. The eigenfunctions are directly measured, and their statistical properties are shown to be influenced by non-isolated periodic orbits, similar to that for the chaotic Sinai billiard. These periodic orbits are directly observed in the Fourier transform of the eigenvalue spectrum.     

Chaos-assisted tunneling and 1/falpha spectral fluctuations in the order-chaos transition

It has been shown that the spectral fluctuations of different quantum systems are characterized by 1/falpha noise, with 1< or =alpha< or =2, in the transition from integrability to chaos. This result is not well understood. We show that chaos-assisted tunneling gives rise to this power-law behavior. We develop a random matrix model for intermediate quantum systems, based on chaos-assisted tunneling, and we discuss under which conditions it displays 1/falpha noise in the transition from integrability to chaos. We conclude that the variance of the elements that connect regular with chaotic states must decay with the difference of energy between them. We compare the characteristics of the transition modeled in this way with what is obtained for the Robnik billiard.     

周期脉冲撞击的两分量Bose-Einstein凝聚系统的单粒子相干和对纠缠

在周期脉冲撞击的两分量Bose-Einstein凝聚系统中,研究了量子混沌对单粒子相干和对纠缠性质的影响.研究表明,混沌促使单粒子相干发生强烈衰减并保持着较低的相干度,同时对纠缠出现最大值并在较短时间后消失.利用单粒子相干的这种性质可以直接测量量子混沌存在的相空间结构,有利于预防Bose-Einstein凝聚的瓦解和控制凝聚体的混沌行为。     

周期驱动的Harper模型的量子计算鲁棒性与量子混沌

以周期驱动的量子Harper(quantum kicked Harper, QKH)模型为例，研究复杂量子动力系统的量子计算在各种干扰下的稳定性.通过对Floquet算子本征态的统计遍历性及其Husimi函数的分析，比较随机噪声干扰和静态干扰对量子计算不同程度的影响.进一步的保真度摄动分析表明，在随机噪声干扰下保真度随系统演化呈指数衰减，而静态干扰下的保真度为高斯衰减，并通过数值计算得到了干扰下的可信计算时间尺度.与经典混沌仿真中误差使状态产生指数分离不同，量子计算对状态干扰的稳定性和仿真模型的动力学特性无关. 关键词： 量子Harper模型 量子计算 量子混沌 保真度