Corrigendum to “Classical and quantum chaos in atom optics”

Classical and Quantum Chaos in Atom Optics

The interaction of an atom with an electromagnetic field is discussed in the presence of a time periodic external modulating force. It is explained that a control on atom by electromagnetic fields helps to design the quantum analog of classical optical systems. In these atom optical systems chaos may appear at the onset of external fields. The classical and quantum chaotic dynamics is discussed...

Quantum and Atom Optics

Classical chaos in atom-field systems.

The relation between the onset of chaos and critical phenomena, like quantum phase transitions (QPTs) and excited-state quantum phase transitions (ESQPTs), is analyzed for atom-field systems. While it has been speculated that the onset of hard chaos is associated with ESQPTs based in the resonant case, the off-resonant cases, and a close look at the vicinity of the QPTs in resonance, show clear...

Quantum Chaos , Transport , and Decoherence in Atom

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From Classical to Quantum Mechanics through Optics

According to Arnold Sommerfeld mechanics is “the backbone of mathematical physics”; it is a highly elaborated theory emerging from Newton’s laws which, in turn, summarize in precise form the whole body of experience. Classical mechanics describes with great precision the motion of macroscopic bodies, including astronomical bodies, except when velocities and masses involved are excessively large...