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Phase-resolved Higgs response in superconducting cuprates

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  • Hao Chu

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart
    University of British Columbia)

  • Min-Jae Kim

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart)

  • Kota Katsumi

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Sergey Kovalev

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

  • Robert David Dawson

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Lukas Schwarz

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Naotaka Yoshikawa

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Gideok Kim

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Daniel Putzky

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Zhi Zhong Li

    (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS UMR 8502), Bâtiment 510, Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Hélène Raffy

    (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS UMR 8502), Bâtiment 510, Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Semyon Germanskiy

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

  • Jan-Christoph Deinert

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

  • Nilesh Awari

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
    University of Groningen)

  • Igor Ilyakov

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

  • Bertram Green

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

  • Min Chen

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
    Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik)

  • Mohammed Bawatna

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

  • Georg Cristiani

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Gennady Logvenov

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Yann Gallais

    (Université de Paris, Bâtiment Condorcet)

  • Alexander V. Boris

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Bernhard Keimer

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Andreas P. Schnyder

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Dirk Manske

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Michael Gensch

    (Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik
    German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Optical Sensor Systems)

  • Zhe Wang

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
    University of Cologne)

  • Ryo Shimano

    (University of Tokyo
    University of Tokyo, Hongo)

  • Stefan Kaiser

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart)

Abstract

In high-energy physics, the Higgs field couples to gauge bosons and fermions and gives mass to their elementary excitations. Experimentally, such couplings can be inferred from the decay product of the Higgs boson, i.e., the scalar (amplitude) excitation of the Higgs field. In superconductors, Cooper pairs bear a close analogy to the Higgs field. Interaction between the Cooper pairs and other degrees of freedom provides dissipation channels for the amplitude mode, which may reveal important information about the microscopic pairing mechanism. To this end, we investigate the Higgs (amplitude) mode of several cuprate thin films using phase-resolved terahertz third harmonic generation (THG). In addition to the heavily damped Higgs mode itself, we observe a universal jump in the phase of the driven Higgs oscillation as well as a non-vanishing THG above Tc. These findings indicate coupling of the Higgs mode to other collective modes and potentially a nonzero pairing amplitude above Tc.

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  • Hao Chu & Min-Jae Kim & Kota Katsumi & Sergey Kovalev & Robert David Dawson & Lukas Schwarz & Naotaka Yoshikawa & Gideok Kim & Daniel Putzky & Zhi Zhong Li & Hélène Raffy & Semyon Germanskiy & Jan-Chr, 2020. "Phase-resolved Higgs response in superconducting cuprates," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-15613-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15613-1
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    1. SeongJin Kwon & Hyunjin Jung & SangJin Lee & Gil Young Cho & KiJeong Kong & ChoongJae Won & Sang-Wook Cheong & Han Woong Yeom, 2024. "Dual Higgs modes entangled into a soliton lattice in CuTe," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-6, December.
    2. Hao Chu & Sergey Kovalev & Zi Xiao Wang & Lukas Schwarz & Tao Dong & Liwen Feng & Rafael Haenel & Min-Jae Kim & Parmida Shabestari & Le Phuong Hoang & Kedar Honasoge & Robert David Dawson & Daniel Put, 2023. "Fano interference between collective modes in cuprate high-Tc superconductors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.
    3. Fumiya Sekiguchi & Hideki Narita & Hideki Hirori & Teruo Ono & Yoshihiko Kanemitsu, 2024. "Anomalous behavior of critical current in a superconducting film triggered by DC plus terahertz current," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.

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