Dynamical localization in nonideal kicked rotors driven by two competing pulsatile modulations.

We study dynamical localization in an ultracold atom confined in an optical lattice that is simultaneously shaken by two competing pulsatile modulations with different amplitudes, periods, and waveforms. The effects of finite-width time pulses, modulation waveforms, and commensurable and incommensurable driving periods are investigated. We describe a particularly complex scenario and conclude that dynamical localization can survive, or even increase, when a periodic modulation is replaced by a quasiperiodic one of equal amplitude.

Observation of Confinement-Induced Resonances in a 3D Lattice.

We report on the observation of confinement-induced resonances for strong three-dimensional (3D) confinement in a lattice potential. Starting from a Mott-insulator state with predominantly single-site occupancy, we detect loss and heating features at specific values for the confinement length and the 3D scattering length. Two independent models, based on the coupling between the center-of-mass and the relative motion of the particles as mediated by the lattice, predict the resonance positions to a good approximation, suggesting a universal behavior.

Identification of the invariant manifolds of the LiCN molecule using Lagrangian descriptors.

In this paper, we apply Lagrangian descriptors to study the invariant manifolds that emerge from the top of two barriers existing in the LiCN⇌LiNC isomerization reaction. We demonstrate that the integration times must be large enough compared with the characteristic stability exponents of the periodic orbit under study. The invariant manifolds manifest as singularities in the Lagrangian descriptors.

Bohr-Sommerfeld-like quantization in the theory of walking droplets.

Recent experiments have shown that self-propelled millimetric walking droplets bouncing on a vibrating liquid surface exhibit phenomena, such as interference or tunneling, that so far were thought to be possible only in the microscopic realm. Here we present calculations showing that the surface wave satisfies, in the long-memory limit, a Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization-like relation. This strongly suggest the possibility of a novel fundamental type of quantization in these experiments, which can simultaneously explain their emulation of the quantum behavior and, more importantly, shed light into some of the interpretational difficulties of the standard quantum theory.

Short-periodic-orbit method for excited chaotic eigenfunctions.

An alternative method for the calculation of excited chaotic eigenfunctions in arbitrary energy windows is presented. We demonstrate the feasibility of using wave functions localized on unstable periodic orbits as efficient basis sets for this task in classically chaotic systems. The number of required localized wave functions is only of the order of the ratio t_{H}/t_{E}, with t_{H} the Heisenberg time and t_{E} the Ehrenfest time.