Ultrafast optical spectroscopy of strongly correlated materials and high-temperature superconductors: a non-equilibrium approach

C Giannetti, M Capone, D Fausti, M Fabrizio… - Advances in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In the last two decades non-equilibrium spectroscopies have evolved from avant-garde
studies to crucial tools for expanding our understanding of the physics of strongly correlated …

Nonlinear light–matter interaction at terahertz frequencies

D Nicoletti, A Cavalleri - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Strong optical pulses at mid-infrared and terahertz frequencies have recently emerged as
powerful tools to manipulate and control the solid state and especially complex condensed …

Optically enhanced coherent transport in YBa2Cu3O6.5 by ultrafast redistribution of interlayer coupling

W Hu, S Kaiser, D Nicoletti, CR Hunt, I Gierz… - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
Nonlinear optical excitation of infrared active lattice vibrations has been shown to melt
magnetic or orbital orders and to transform insulators into metals. In cuprates, this technique …

Lightwave-driven gapless superconductivity and forbidden quantum beats by terahertz symmetry breaking

X Yang, C Vaswani, C Sundahl, M Mootz, L Luo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Light-induced supercurrents chart a path forward for the electromagnetic design of emergent
materials phases and collective modes for quantum engineering applications. However …

Dynamics and control in complex transition metal oxides

J Zhang, RD Averitt - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Advances in the synthesis, growth, and characterization of complex transition metal oxides
coupled with new experimental techniques in ultrafast optical spectroscopy have ushered in …

Evidence of a nonequilibrium distribution of quasiparticles in the microwave response of a superconducting aluminum resonator

PJ De Visser, DJ Goldie, P Diener, S Withington… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
In a superconductor, absorption of photons with an energy below the superconducting gap
leads to redistribution of quasiparticles over energy and thus induces a strong …

Terahertz-light quantum tuning of a metastable emergent phase hidden by superconductivity

X Yang, C Vaswani, C Sundahl, M Mootz, P Gagel… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract 'Sudden'quantum quench and prethermalization have become a cross-cutting
theme for discovering emergent states of matter,,–. Yet this remains challenging in electron …

Emergent parametric resonances and time-crystal phases in driven Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer systems

HP Ojeda Collado, G Usaj, CA Balseiro… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
We study the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer condensate
subject to a periodic drive. We demonstrate that the combined effect of drive and interactions …

Coupling of Higgs and Leggett modes in non-equilibrium superconductors

H Krull, N Bittner, GS Uhrig, D Manske… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
In equilibrium systems amplitude and phase collective modes are decoupled, as they are
mutually orthogonal excitations. The direct detection of these Higgs and Leggett collective …

Quantum quench phase diagrams of an -wave BCS-BEC condensate

EA Yuzbashyan, M Dzero, V Gurarie, MS Foster - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
We study the dynamic response of an s-wave BCS-BEC (atomic-molecular) condensate to
detuning quenches within the two-channel model beyond the weak-coupling BCS limit. At …