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Superconducting Higgs Mode Metamaterials

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Abstract

In this work, we investigate the possibility of using metamaterials to couple to the Higgs amplitude mode in an optimally doped thin film cuprate superconductor, YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO). To coherently drive the condensate amplitude, we employ table top high-field terahertz radiation coupled with field enhancement metamaterials (that also serve as a bandpass filter). We utilize a metamaterial “tape” design that allows us to adhere the subwavelength resonators to the YBCO film without the need for photolithography. We will describe the design of the metamaterial tapes and present our preliminary experimental results using these tapes to access non-equilibrium order parameter dynamics in superconductors.

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Presenters

  • Ian Hammock

    Physics, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego

Authors

  • Ian Hammock

    Physics, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego

  • Kelson Kaj

    Physics, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego

  • Sheikh Rubaiat Ul Haque

    Physics, University of California, San Diego, Physics, University Of California, San Diego

  • Chunxu Chen

    Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston Univ

  • Xiaoguang Zhao

    Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Mechanical Engineering, Boston university

  • Kevin A Cremin

    Physics, University of California, San Diego

  • Gufeng Zhang

    Physics, University of California, San Diego

  • Jacob S Schalch

    Physics, University of California, San Diego

  • Jingdi Zhang

    Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Xin Zhang

    Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Mechanical Engineering, Boston university, Boston Univ

  • Richard Averitt

    Physics, University of California, San Diego, Physics, University Of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego