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Subharmonic generation in quantum systems
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Subharmonic generation in quantum systems

Martin Holthaus and Michael E. Flatté
Physics letters. A, Vol.187(2), pp.151-156
04/19/1993
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(94)90053-1
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/9304032View
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Abstract

We show how the classical-quantum correspondence permits long-lived subharmonic motion in a quantum system driven by a periodic force. Exponentially small deviations from exact subharmonicity are due to coherent tunneling between quantized vortex tubes which surround classical elliptic periodic orbits.

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