Magnetic field expulsion in optically driven YBa2Cu3O6.48

S. Fava, G. Vecchi, G. Jotzu (), M. Buzzi (), T. Gebert, Y. Liu, B. Keimer and A. Cavalleri ()
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S. Fava: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
G. Vecchi: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
G. Jotzu: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
M. Buzzi: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
T. Gebert: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Y. Liu: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
B. Keimer: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
A. Cavalleri: Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

Nature, 2024, vol. 632, issue 8023, 75-80

Abstract: Abstract Coherent optical driving in quantum solids is emerging as a research frontier, with many reports of interesting non-equilibrium quantum phases1–4 and transient photo-induced functional phenomena such as ferroelectricity5,6, magnetism7–10 and superconductivity11–14. In high-temperature cuprate superconductors, coherent driving of certain phonon modes has resulted in a transient state with superconducting-like optical properties, observed far above their transition temperature Tc and throughout the pseudogap phase15–18. However, questions remain on the microscopic nature of this transient state and how to distinguish it from a non-superconducting state with enhanced carrier mobility. For example, it is not known whether cuprates driven in this fashion exhibit Meissner diamagnetism. Here we examine the time-dependent magnetic field surrounding an optically driven YBa2Cu3O6.48 crystal by measuring Faraday rotation in a magneto-optic material placed in the vicinity of the sample. For a constant applied magnetic field and under the same driving conditions that result in superconducting-like optical properties15–18, a transient diamagnetic response was observed. This response is comparable in size with that expected in an equilibrium type II superconductor of similar shape and size with a volume susceptibility χv of order −0.3. This value is incompatible with a photo-induced increase in mobility without superconductivity. Rather, it underscores the notion of a pseudogap phase in which incipient superconducting correlations are enhanced or synchronized by the drive.

Date: 2024
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