Nonlinear optical physics at terahertz frequency

Y Lu, Y Huang, J Cheng, R Ma, X Xu, Y Zang, Q Wu… - …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Terahertz (THz) waves have exhibited promising prospects in 6G/7G communications,
sensing, nondestructive detection, material modulation, and biomedical applications. With …

Revealing Novel Aspects of Light-Matter Coupling by Terahertz Two-Dimensional Coherent Spectroscopy: The Case of the Amplitude Mode in Superconductors

K Katsumi, J Fiore, M Udina, R Romero III… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Recently developed terahertz (THz) two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy (2DCS) is a
powerful technique to obtain materials information in a fashion qualitatively different from …

Investigating Josephson plasmons in layered cuprates via nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy

J Fiore, N Sellati, F Gabriele, C Castellani, G Seibold… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Josephson plasmons in layered superconductors represent a natural source of optical
nonlinearity, thanks to their intrinsically anharmonic nature. Here we derive the selection …

Linear and nonlinear current response in disordered -wave superconductors

L Benfatto, C Castellani, G Seibold - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present a detailed theoretical investigation of the linear and nonlinear optical response
in a model system for a disordered d-wave superconductor. By evaluating the quasiparticle …

Generalized Josephson plasmons in bilayer superconductors

N Sellati, F Gabriele, C Castellani, L Benfatto - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Layered superconductors like high-T c cuprates display out-of-plane plasma oscillations
between layers sustained by the weak Josephson coupling among the superconducting …

Principles of two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy of collective excitations: The case of Josephson plasmons in layered superconductors

A Gómez Salvador, PE Dolgirev, MH Michael, A Liu… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy (2DTS), a terahertz analog of nuclear magnetic
resonance, is a new technique poised to address many open questions in complex …

Principles of 2D terahertz spectroscopy of collective excitations: the case of Josephson plasmons in layered superconductors

AG Salvador, PE Dolgirev, MH Michael, A Liu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy (2DTS), a terahertz analogue of nuclear magnetic
resonance, is a new technique poised to address many open questions in complex …

Manipulating plasma excitations with terahertz light pulses in superconducting cuprates

J Fiore, N Sellati, F Gabriele, C Castellani… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Layered cuprates offer a preferential playground for optical non-linearity thanks to the
emergence, below Tc, of soft out-of-plane Josephson plasmons. The hallmark of such a non …

Optical Absorption in Tilted Geometries as an Indirect Measurement of Longitudinal Plasma Waves in Layered Cuprates

N Sellati, J Fiore, C Castellani, L Benfatto - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Electromagnetic waves propagating in a layered superconductor with arbitrary momentum,
with respect to the main crystallographic directions, exhibit an unavoidable mixing between …

Revealing the frequency-dependent oscillations in the nonlinear terahertz response induced by the Josephson current

S Zhang, Z Sun, Q Liu, Z Wang, Q Wu… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Nonlinear responses of superconductors to intense terahertz radiation has been an active
research frontier. Using terahertz pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy, we investigate the c …