The Coherent Forward Scattering peak: a probe of non-ergodicity and symmetries in a quantum chaotic system

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01777v1
• Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:01:38 GMT
• Title: The Coherent Forward Scattering peak: a probe of non-ergodicity and symmetries in a quantum chaotic system
• Authors: F. Arrouas, J. Hébraud, N. Ombredane, E. Flament, D. Ronco, N. Dupont, G. Lemarié, B. Georgeot, Ch. Miniatura, J. Billy, B. Peaudecerf, D. Guéry-Odelin,
• Abstract summary: Coherent Forward Scattering (CFS) peak emerges in the presence of strong localization.<n>CFS is a robust quantitative marker of non-ergodicity.<n>This work opens new avenues for characterizing non-ergodicity and symmetries in quantum chaotic or disordered systems.
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• Abstract: The Coherent Backscattering (CBS) peak is a well-known interferential signature of weak localization in disordered or chaotic systems. Recently, it was realized that another interferential peak, the Coherent Forward Scattering (CFS) peak, emerges in the presence of strong localization. This peak has never been observed directly to date. We report the first direct observation of the CFS peak and demonstrate its dual role as signature of non-ergodicity and as probe of symmetries in quantum chaotic systems. Using a shaken rotor model realized with a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of ultracold atoms in a modulated optical lattice, we investigate dynamical localization in momentum space. The CFS peak emerges in the position distribution as a consequence of non-ergodic dynamics, while its growth timescale depends critically on the localization scale. By finely tuning the modulation, we control the symmetries of the dynamics (time-reversal and parity) and measure their impact on both CFS and CBS peaks. Our results highlight the strong link of CFS and its temporal growth with symmetry and localization properties, establishing CFS as a robust quantitative marker of non-ergodicity. This work opens new avenues for characterizing non-ergodicity and symmetries in quantum chaotic or disordered systems, with possible applications in many-body localization and many-body chaos.

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