In this work, we investigate the possibility of using metamaterials to couple to the Higgs amplitude mode in an optimally doped thin film cuprate superconductor, YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO). To coherently drive the condensate amplitude, we employ table top high-field terahertz radiation coupled with field enhancement metamaterials (that also serve as a bandpass filter). We utilize a metamaterial “tape” design that allows us to adhere the subwavelength resonators to the YBCO film without the need for photolithography. We will describe the design of the metamaterial tapes and present our preliminary experimental results using these tapes to access non-equilibrium order parameter dynamics in superconductors.
*The authors acknowledge funding from the DARPA DSO under the Driven Nonequilibrium Quantum Systems (DRINQS) program, grant number D18AC00014
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Presenters
Ian Hammock
Physics, University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
Authors
Ian Hammock
Physics, University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
Kelson Kaj
Physics, University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
Sheikh Rubaiat Ul Haque
Physics, University of California, San Diego
Physics, University Of California, San Diego
Chunxu Chen
Mechanical Engineering, Boston University
Boston Univ
Xiaoguang Zhao
Mechanical Engineering, Boston University
Mechanical Engineering, Boston university
Kevin A Cremin
Physics, University of California, San Diego
Gufeng Zhang
Physics, University of California, San Diego
Jacob S Schalch
Physics, University of California, San Diego
Jingdi Zhang
Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
