Abstract

Recent work in atom optics has led to enormous progress in the study of quantum chaos and has addressed a broad range of problems in quantum transport, traditionally studied in the context of condensed matter physics. This issue brings together the various researchers working in the border domain between atom optics and solid state physics and focuses on atomic motion in light fields in a regime that is dominated by quantum effects. The topics discussed in this issue include: • quantum effects of atomic motion in light fields; • quantum chaos in time dependent lattices; • tunnelling in stationary or time-dependent lattices; • Wannier-Stark ladder and Bloch oscillations; • atomic band structures; • many-body effects on transport in optical lattices; • effects of decoherence on quantum transport; • weak and dynamical localization. At this point we take the opportunity to express our gratitude to the authors of the papers of this issue and the reviewers for their efforts in preparing and ensuring the high quality of the state of the art presentation.

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