title: Quantum ratchets in dissipative chaotic systems.
abstract: Using the method of quantum trajectories, we study a quantum chaotic dissipative ratchet appearing for particles in a pulsed asymmetric potential in the presence of a dissipative environment. The system is characterized by directed transport emerging from a quantum strange attractor. This model exhibits, in the limit of small effective Planck constant, a transition from quantum to classical behavior, in agreement with the correspondence principle. We also discuss parameter values suitable for the implementation of the quantum ratchet effect with cold atoms in optical lattices.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Unità di Como, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriel G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Carlo
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benenti
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casati
authors.forename: Dima L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Shepelyansky