• DocumentCode
    1687840
  • Title

    Intense terahertz pulse-induced nonequilibrium BCS state in superconducting NbN

  • Author

    Matsunaga, Ryusuke ; Shimano, Ryo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We perform terahertz(THz)-pump-THz-probe spectroscopy to study ultrafast dynamics of BCS superconductor NbN. Resonant photo-injection of high density quasiparticles realized by the intense THz pump pulses results in a nonequilibrium BCS state.
  • Keywords
    BCS theory; high-speed optical techniques; niobium compounds; quasiparticles; superconducting materials; terahertz wave spectra; NbN; high-density quasiparticles; intense terahertz pulse-induced nonequilibrium BCS state; pump-THz-probe spectroscopy; resonant photoinjection; superconducting materials; ultrafast dynamics; Crystals; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy;
  • 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
    6326952