Title :
Nonlinear THz optics in cuprate superconductors
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Struct. & Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
Intense THz pulses are used to drive cuprate superconductors. The deformation of the gauge invariant order parameter phase leads to non-dissipative quantum plasmonics, THz Josephson oscillations and excitation of Josephson plasma solitons.
Keywords :
Josephson effect; high-temperature superconductors; microwave photonics; optical solitons; plasma solitons; plasmonics; Josephson plasma soliton excitation; THz Josephson oscillations; cuprate superconductors; gauge invariant order parameter phase deformation; intense THz pulses; nondissipative quantum plasmonics; nonlinear THz optics; Abstracts; Educational institutions; Optics; Oscillators; Physics; Plasmons; Superconductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
