Quantum persistent tennis racket dynamics of nanorotors
arXiv:2007.10065 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.053604
Abstract
Classical rotations of asymmetric rigid bodies are unstable around the axis of intermediate momentof inertia, causing a flipping of rotor orientation. This effect, known as the tennis racket effect,quickly averages to zero in classical ensembles since the flipping period varies significantly uponapproaching the separatrix. Here, we explore the quantum rotations of rapidly spinning thermalasymmetric nanorotors and show that classically forbidden tunnelling gives rise to persistent tennisracket dynamics, in stark contrast to the classical expectation. We characterise this effect, demon-strating that quantum coherent flipping dynamics can persist even in the regime where millions ofangular momentum states are occupied. This persistent flipping offers a promising route for observ-ing and exploiting quantum effects in rotational degrees of freedom for molecules and nanoparticles.
arXiv comment12 pages, 8 figures
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