Recent advances in light induced superconductivity

I will discuss how coherent electromagnetic radiation at infrared and TeraHertz frequencies can be used to drive collective excitations in solids and especially experiments in which superconducting correlations can be induced at temperatures higher than the thermodynamic transition temperature. I will discuss results in cuprates, doped fullerenes and recent work in organic salts. By comparing these examples a clearer microscopic picture is emerging for driven unconventional superconductivity.