# Experimental observation of the Anderson metal-insulator transition with atomic matter waves.

@article{Chab2008ExperimentalOO,
title={Experimental observation of the Anderson metal-insulator transition with atomic matter waves.},
author={Julien Chab{\'e} and Gabriel Lemari{\'e} and B. Gr{\'e}maud and Dominique Delande and Pascal Szriftgiser and Jean Claude Garreau},
journal={Physical review letters},
year={2008},
volume={101 25},
pages={
255702
}
}
• Published 27 September 2007
• Physics
• Physical review letters
We realize experimentally an atom-optics quantum-chaotic system, the quasiperiodic kicked rotor, which is equivalent to a 3D disordered system that allows us to demonstrate the Anderson metal-insulator transition. Sensitive measurements of the atomic wave function and the use of finite-size scaling techniques make it possible to extract both the critical parameters and the critical exponent of the transition, the latter being in good agreement with the value obtained in numerical simulations of…
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