title: Higgs amplitude mode in the BCS superconductors Nb1-xTi(x)N induced by terahertz pulse excitation.
abstract: Ultrafast responses of BCS superconductor Nb(1-x)Ti(x)N films in a nonadiabatic excitation regime were investigated by using terahertz (THz) pump-THz probe spectroscopy. After an instantaneous excitation with the monocycle THz pump pulse, a transient oscillation emerges in the electromagnetic response in the BCS gap energy region. The oscillation frequency coincides with the asymptotic value of the BCS gap energy, indicating the appearance of the theoretically anticipated collective amplitude mode of the order parameter, namely the Higgs amplitude mode. Our result opens a new pathway to the ultrafast manipulation of the superconducting order parameter by optical means.
authors: Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors: Ryusuke
authors: R
authors: Matsunaga
authors: Yuki I
authors: YI
authors: Hamada
authors: Kazumasa
authors: K
authors: Makise
authors: Yoshinori
authors: Y
authors: Uzawa
authors: Hirotaka
authors: H
authors: Terai
authors: Zhen
authors: Z
authors: Wang
authors: Ryo
authors: R
authors: Shimano