• DocumentCode
    1655720
  • Title

    Controlling superconductivity with strong terahertz fields

  • Author

    Hoffmann, Matthias C. ; Dienst, Andreas ; Fausti, Daniele ; Kaiser, Stefan ; Cavalleri, Andrea

  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Ultrafast mid-infrared and terahertz pulses open a new avenue to control complex solids by directly accessing their low-energy excitations. Here we discuss recent results in inducing and manipulating superconductivity in cuprate compounds using strong fields.
  • Keywords
    copper compounds; electro-optical effects; high-temperature superconductors; optical pulse generation; low-energy excitations; superconductivity control; terahertz fields; ultrafast mid-infrared pulses; Conductivity; Couplings; High temperature superconductors; Logic gates; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325739