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Arnd Bäcker

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arXiv2015

Experimental Observation of Resonance-Assisted Tunneling

We present the first experimental observation of resonance-assisted tunneling, a wave phenomenon, where regular-to-chaotic tunneling is strongly enhanced by the presence of a classical nonlinear resonance chain. For this we use a microwave cavity made of oxygen free copper with the shape of a desymmetrized cosine billiard designed with a large nonlinear resonance chain in the regular region. It is opened in a region, where only chaotic dynamics takes place, such that the tunneling rate of a regular mode to the chaotic region increases the line width of the mode. Resonance-assisted tunneling is demonstrated by (i) a parametric variation and (ii) the characteristic plateau and peak structure towards the semiclassical limit.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗

arXiv2015

Universal scaling of spectral fluctuation transitions for interacting chaotic systems

The spectral properties of interacting strongly chaotic systems are investigated for growing interaction strength. A very sensitive transition from Poisson statistics to that of random matrix theory is found. We introduce a new random matrix ensemble modeling this dynamical symmetry breaking transition which turns out to be universal and depends on a single scaling parameter only. Coupled kicked rotors, a dynamical systems paradigm for such transitions, are compared with this ensemble and excellent agreement is found for the nearest-neighbor-spacing distribution. It turns out that this transition is described quite accurately using perturbation theory.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2014

Integrable approximation of regular regions with a nonlinear resonance chain

Generic Hamiltonian systems have a mixed phase space where regions of regular and chaotic motion coexist. We present a method for constructing an integrable approximation to such regular phase-space regions including a nonlinear resonance chain. This approach generalizes the recently introduced iterative canonical transformation method. In the first step of the method a normal-form Hamiltonian with a resonance chain is adapted such that actions and frequencies match with those of the non-integrable system. In the second step a sequence of canonical transformations is applied to the integrable approximation to match the shape of regular tori. We demonstrate the method for the generic standard map at various parameters.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2014

Global structure of regular tori in a generic 4D symplectic map

For the case of generic 4D symplectic maps with a mixed phase space we investigate the global organization of regular tori. For this we compute elliptic 1-tori of two coupled standard maps and display them in a 3D phase-space slice. This visualizes how all regular 2-tori are organized around a skeleton of elliptic 1-tori in the 4D phase space. The 1-tori occur in two types of one-parameter families: (a) Lyapunov families emanating from elliptic-elliptic periodic orbits, which are observed to exist even far away from them and beyond major resonance gaps, and (b) families originating from rank-1 resonances. At resonance gaps of both types of families either (i) periodic orbits exist, similar to the Poincare-Birkhoff theorem for 2D maps, or (ii) the family may form large bends. In combination these results allow for describing the hierarchical structure of regular tori in the 4D phase space analogously to the islands-around-islands hierarchy in 2D maps.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2014

Visualization and comparison of classical structures and quantum states of 4D maps

For generic 4D symplectic maps we propose the use of 3D phase-space slices which allow for the global visualization of the geometrical organization and coexistence of regular and chaotic motion. As an example we consider two coupled standard maps. The advantages of the 3D phase-space slices are presented in comparison to standard methods like 3D projections of orbits, the frequency analysis, and a chaos indicator. Quantum mechanically, the 3D phase-space slices allow for the first comparison of Husimi functions of eigenstates of 4D maps with classical phase space structures. This confirms the semi-classical eigenfunction hypothesis for 4D maps.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2014

Temporal flooding of regular islands by chaotic wave packets

We investigate the time evolution of wave packets in systems with a mixed phase space where regular islands and chaotic motion coexist. For wave packets started in the chaotic sea on average the weight on a quantized torus of the regular island increases due to dynamical tunneling. This flooding weight initially increases linearly and saturates to a value which varies from torus to torus. We demonstrate for the asymptotic flooding weight universal scaling with an effective tunneling coupling for quantum maps and the mushroom billiard. This universality is reproduced by a suitable random matrix model.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2013

Integrable Approximation of Regular Islands: The Iterative Canonical Transformation Method

Generic Hamiltonian systems have a mixed phase space, where classically disjoint regions of regular and chaotic motion coexist. We present an iterative method to construct an integrable approximation, which resembles the regular dynamics of a given mixed system and extends it into the chaotic region. The method is based on the construction of an integrable approximation in action representation which is then improved in phase space by iterative applications of canonical transformations. This method works for strongly perturbed systems and arbitrary degrees of freedom. We apply it to the standard map and the cosine billiard.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2013

Hierarchical Fractal Weyl Laws for Chaotic Resonance States in Open Mixed Systems

In open chaotic systems the number of long-lived resonance states obeys a fractal Weyl law, which depends on the fractal dimension of the chaotic saddle. We study the generic case of a mixed phase space with regular and chaotic dynamics. We find a hierarchy of fractal Weyl laws, one for each region of the hierarchical decomposition of the chaotic phase-space component. This is based on our observation of hierarchical resonance states localizing on these regions. Numerically this is verified for the standard map and a hierarchical model system.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2012

Universal Quantum Localizing Transition of a Partial Barrier in a Chaotic Sea

Generic 2D Hamiltonian systems possess partial barriers in their chaotic phase space that restrict classical transport. Quantum mechanically the transport is suppressed if Planck's constant h is large compared to the classical flux, h >> Phi, such that wave packets and states are localized. In contrast, classical transport is mimicked for h << Phi. Designing a quantum map with an isolated partial barrier of controllable flux Phi is the key to investigating the transition from this form of quantum localization to mimicking classical transport. It is observed that quantum transport follows a universal transition curve as a function of the expected scaling parameter Phi/h. We find this curve to be symmetric to Phi/h=1, having a width of two orders of magnitude in Phi/h, and exhibiting no quantized steps. We establish the relevance of local coupling, improving on previous random matrix models relying on global coupling. It turns out that a phenomenological 2x2-model gives an accurate analytical description of the transition curve.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2012

Complex paths for regular-to-chaotic tunneling rates

In generic Hamiltonian systems tori of regular motion are dynamically separated from regions of chaotic motion in phase space. Quantum mechanically these phase-space regions are coupled by dynamical tunneling. We introduce a semiclassical approach based on complex paths for the prediction of dynamical tunneling rates from regular tori to the chaotic region. This approach is demonstrated for the standard map giving excellent agreement with numerically determined tunneling rates.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2012

Consequences of Flooding on Spectral Statistics

We study spectral statistics in systems with a mixed phase space, in which regions of regular and chaotic motion coexist. Increasing their density of states, we observe a transition of the level-spacing distribution P(s) from Berry-Robnik to Wigner statistics, although the underlying classical phase-space structure and the effective Planck constant remain unchanged. This transition is induced by flooding, i.e., the disappearance of regular states due to increasing regular-to-chaotic couplings. We account for this effect by a flooding-improved Berry-Robnik distribution, in which an effectively reduced size of the regular island enters. To additionally describe power-law level repulsion at small spacings, we extend this prediction by explicitly considering the tunneling couplings between regular and chaotic states. This results in a flooding- and tunneling-improved Berry-Robnik distribution which is in excellent agreement with numerical data.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2012

Coupling of bouncing-ball modes to the chaotic sea and their counting function

We study the coupling of bouncing-ball modes to chaotic modes in two-dimensional billiards with two parallel boundary segments. Analytically, we predict the corresponding decay rates using the fictitious integrable system approach. Agreement with numerically determined rates is found for the stadium and the cosine billiard. We use this result to predict the asymptotic behavior of the counting function N_bb(E) ~ E^δ. For the stadium billiard we find agreement with the previous result δ= 3/4. For the cosine billiard we derive δ= 5/8, which is confirmed numerically and is well below the previously predicted upper bound δ=9/10.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2011

Partial Weyl Law for Billiards

For two-dimensional quantum billiards we derive the partial Weyl law, i.e. the average density of states, for a subset of eigenstates concentrating on an invariant region $Γ$ of phase space. The leading term is proportional to the area of the billiard times the phase-space fraction of $Γ$. The boundary term is proportional to the fraction of the boundary where parallel trajectories belong to $Γ$. Our result is numerically confirmed for the mushroom billiard and the generic cosine billiard, where we count the number of chaotic and regular states, and for the elliptical billiard, where we consider rotating and oscillating states.

quant-ph↗

arXiv2011

Direct Regular-to-Chaotic Tunneling Rates Using the Fictitious Integrable System Approach

In systems with a mixed phase space, where regular and chaotic motion coexists, regular states are coupled to the chaotic region by dynamical tunneling. We give an overview on the determination of direct regular-to-chaotic tunneling rates using the fictitious integrable system approach. This approach is applied to different kicked systems, including the standard map, and successfully compared with numerical data. This text corresponds to Chapter 6 of the book: Dynamical Tunneling - Theory and Experiment, edited by S. Keshavamurthy and P. Schlagheck [Taylor and Francis CRC (2011)]. For a more extensive exposition see [Phys. Rev. E 82, 056208 (2010); arXiv:1009.0418v2].

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2011

Fractional-Power-Law Level-Statistics due to Dynamical Tunneling

For systems with a mixed phase space we demonstrate that dynamical tunneling universally leads to a fractional power law of the level-spacing distribution P(s) over a wide range of small spacings s. Going beyond Berry-Robnik statistics, we take into account that dynamical tunneling rates between the regular and the chaotic region vary over many orders of magnitude. This results in a prediction of P(s) which excellently describes the spectral data of the standard map. Moreover, we show that the power-law exponent is proportional to the effective Planck constant h.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2010

Direct regular-to-chaotic tunneling rates using the fictitious integrable system approach

We review the fictitious integrable system approach which predicts dynamical tunneling rates from regular states to the chaotic region in systems with a mixed phase space. It is based on the introduction of a fictitious integrable system that resembles the regular dynamics within the regular island. We focus on the direct regular-to-chaotic tunneling process which dominates, if nonlinear resonances within the regular island are not relevant. For quantum maps, billiard systems, and optical microcavities we find excellent agreement with numerical rates for all regular states.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2010

Regular-to-Chaotic Tunneling Rates: From the Quantum to the Semiclassical Regime

We derive a prediction of dynamical tunneling rates from regular to chaotic phase-space regions combining the direct regular-to-chaotic tunneling mechanism in the quantum regime with an improved resonance-assisted tunneling theory in the semiclassical regime. We give a qualitative recipe for identifying the relevance of nonlinear resonances in a given $\hbar$-regime. For systems with one or multiple dominant resonances we find excellent agreement to numerics.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2009

Quality factors and dynamical tunneling in annular microcavities

The key characteristic of an optical mode in a microcavity is its quality factor describing the optical losses. The numerical computation of this quantity can be very demanding for present-day devices. Here we show for a certain class of whispering-gallery cavities that the quality factor is related to dynamical tunneling, a phenomenon studied in the field of quantum chaos. We extend a recently developed approach for determining dynamical tunneling rates to open cavities. This allows us to derive an analytical formula for the quality factor which is in very good agreement with full solutions of Maxwell's equations.

physics.optics↗