A strategy to enhance the light-driven superconductivity of K₃C₆₀

Laine Mischke
October 16, 2023

Photo-induced metastable superconductivity in K3C60 generated with intense 170 meV excitation pulses. Credit: Nature Physics (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02235-9 Superconductivity is the ability of some materials to conduct a direct electrical current (DC) with almost no resistance. This property is highly sought after and favorable for various technological applications, as it could boost the performance of different

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Nature Physics, has so far yielded very promising results, increasing the photo-susceptibility of this superconducting material by two orders of magnitude.

“We have been exploring for approximately a decade the possibility of using light to enhance superconductivity starting form an equilibrium state at base temperature above Tc,” Andrea Cavalleri, one of the researchers who carried out the study, told Phys.org. “We have shown that this works in some cuprates, in certain charge transfer salts and in K₃C₆₀.”

“In this paper, we have explored the mechanism underlying the K₃C₆₀ optically induced superconductivity using a special optical source that is much more tunable than that used previously, reaching 10 THz frequency.”

molecular vibrations that are driven directly to large amplifies at their resonance frequency,” Cavalleri said. “The driven vibrations appear to couple with the electronic states and enhance the pairing and coherence that give rise to superconductivity. The present paper shows that this effect works especially well at 10 THz, where a certain molecular vibration is found.”

The recent work by Cavalleri and his collaborators sheds some new light on the possible mechanisms underpinning photo-induced superconductivity in K₃C₆₀and potentially other superconductors. In addition, it introduces a strategy that could help to prolong photo-induced superconductivity for longer periods of time, which could have interesting implications for the development of light-driven quantum technologies.

“We realized a 10 ns long lived superconducting state at room temperature,” Cavalleri added. “In principle, this could be used for future quantum devices powered by light. We want to study the properties of this transient state, especially magnetic properties and we are going to try to compare the properties of the photo-induced phase to those of equilibrium SC.”

More information:
E. Rowe et al, Resonant enhancement of photo-induced superconductivity in K3C60, Nature Physics (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02235-9.

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