Tuning Metastable Light-Induced Superconductivity in K3C60 with a Hybrid CO2-Ti:Sapphire Laser

Authors :: Dieter Jaksch
Toru Matsuyama
Eryin Wang
Matthias Budden
Thomas Gebert
Andrea Cavalleri
Guido Meier
Gregor Jotzu
Mauro Riccò
Yannis Laplace
Frank Schlawin
Michele Buzzi
Daniele Pontiroli
Source :: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Optica Publishing Group, 2021.
Abstract: High power mid-infrared light pulses of tunable pulse length were generated to stabilize light-induced superconductivity in K3C60 for nanoseconds. This metastable state showed a vanishing electrical resistance at five times the material’s equilibrium critical temperature.

Subjects :: Superconductivity
Materials science
Electrical resistance and conductance
Metastability
Light induced
Ti:sapphire laser
Pulse duration
Ultrafast optics
Nanosecond
Atomic physics

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