Photoinduced metastable state with modulated Josephson coupling strengths in Pr0.88LaCe0.12CuO4

Zhang, S. J.; Wang, Z. X.; Wu, D.; Liu, Q. M.; Shi, L. Y.; Lin, T.; Li, S. L.; Dai, P. C.; Dong, T.; Wang, N. L.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.98.224507

Photoinduced metastable state with modulated Josephson coupling strengths in Pr_0.88LaCe_0.12CuO₄

Journal Article · Wed Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.98.224507· OSTI ID:1611757

Zhang, S. J. ^[1]; Wang, Z. X. ^[2]; Wu, D. ^[2]; Liu, Q. M. ^[2]; Shi, L. Y. ^[2]; Lin, T. ^[2]; Li, S. L. ^[3]; Dai, P. C. ^[4]; Dong, T. ^[2]; Wang, N. L. ^[5]

Peking Univ., Beijing (China); DOE/OSTI
Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)

We report an intense near-infrared pump, c-axis terahertz probe measurement on an electron-doped cuprate superconductor Pr_0.88LaCe_0.12CuO₄ with T_c = 22 K. The major effect of the intense pump is to induce a splitting of Josephson plasma edge below Tc, similar to the observation on hole-doped cuprate La_1.905Ba_0.095CuO₄ in a superconducting state. The photoexcitation induced spectral change does not exhibit significant decay up to the longest measured time delay 210 ps. Furthermore, the result suggests that the intense near-infrared pump drives the system from a superconducting state with a uniform Josephson coupling to a metastable superconducting phase with modulated Josephson coupling strengths below T_c.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012311

OSTI ID:: 1611757

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1485527

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 98; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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