Energy-Gap Dynamics of Superconducting NbN Thin Films Studied by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy
M. Beck, M. Klammer, S. Lang, P. Leiderer, V. V. Kabanov, G. N. Gol’tsman, J. Demsar
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.177007 · Physical Review Letters
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Abstract
Using time-domain terahertz spectroscopy we performed direct studies of the photoinduced suppression and recovery of the superconducting gap in a conventional BCS superconductor NbN. Both processes are found to be strongly temperature and excitation density dependent. The analysis of the data with the established phenomenological Rothwarf-Taylor model enabled us to determine the bare quasiparticle recombination rate, the Cooper pair-breaking rate and the electron-phonon coupling constant, λ=1.1±0.1, which is in excellent agreement with theoretical estimates.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NbN Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 15.4 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| La1.84Sr0.16CuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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