Photoinduced Melting of Superconductivity in the High-Tc Superconductor La2−xSrxCuO4 Probed by Time-resolved Optical and Terahertz Techniques
The dynamics of depletion and recovery of a superconducting state in La{sub 2-x}Sr{sub x}CuO{sub 4} thin films is investigated utilizing optical pump-probe and optical pump-THz-probe techniques as a function of temperature and excitation fluence. The absorbed energy density required to suppress superconductivity is found to be about eight times higher than the thermodynamically determined condensation energy density and nearly temperature independent between 4 and 25 K. These findings indicate that, during the time when the superconducting state suppression takes place ({approx}0.7 ps), a large part (nearly 90%) of the energy is transferred to the phonons with energy lower than twice the maximum value of the superconducting gap and only 10% is spent on Cooper pair breaking.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1040481
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-96198-2011-JA; KC0201050; TRN: US1202463
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 21; ISSN 1098-0121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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