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Light-induced new collective modes in the superconductor La1.905Ba0.095CuO4

S. J. Zhang, Z. X. Wang, L. Y. Shi, T. Lin, M. Y. Zhang, G. D. Gu, T. Dong, N. L. Wang

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.020506 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We report near and midinfrared pump, c-axis terahertz probe measurements on a superconducting single crystal La1.905Ba0.095CuO4 with Tc=32 K. The measurements reveal that the pump-induced change occurs predominantly at the Josephson plasma edge position below Tc. Upon excitation by strong near-infrared pulses, the superconducting state is severely disturbed and incoherent quasiparticle excitations develop in the frequency regime above the static plasma edge. However, within a very short time delay (∼1.5 ps) we observe the reappearance of a very sharp Josephson plasma edge at a frequency lower than the static Josephson plasma edge and the emergence of a new light-induced edge at a higher energy. The results imply that the light can induce new Josephson plasmon modes with different coupling strengths. A similar but weaker effect is observed for the midinfrared pump. No pump-induced effect is detected above Tc.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
La1.905Ba0.095CuO4

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32Pressure not reportedunknown
YBa2Cu3O6.5

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300Pressure not reportedunknown
La1-xBaxCuO4

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
YBa2Cu3O6.45

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—Pressure not reportedunknown

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