Superconductors host collective modes that can be manipulated with light. We show that a
strong terahertz light field can induce oscillations of the superconducting order parameter in …

A superconductor illuminated by an ac electric field with frequency Ω is theoretically found to
generate a collective precession of Anderson's pseudospins, and hence a coherent …

We report terahertz (THz) light-induced second harmonic generation, in superconductors
with inversion symmetry that forbid even-order nonlinearities. The THz second harmonic …

The recent observation of a transmitted THz pulse oscillating at three times the frequency of
the incident light paves the way to a powerful protocol to access resonant excitations in a …

Electromagnetic waves in layered superconductors are known as Josephson plasma waves
(JPWs). An important property of JPWs is the gap in their energy spectrum: JPWs can …

The coupling between superconductors and oscillation cycles of light pulses, ie, lightwave
engineering, is an emerging control concept for superconducting quantum electronics …

Light-induced supercurrents chart a path forward for the electromagnetic design of emergent
materials phases and collective modes for quantum engineering applications. However …

When the continuous symmetry of a physical system is spontaneously broken, two types of
collective modes typically emerge: the amplitude and the phase modes of the order …

Quantum-mechanical phenomena underpin the behaviour of quantum materials at the
microscopic level. The description of several essential properties of these materials …

In multiband superconductors, multiple collective modes exist associated with the multiple
order parameters. Oscillations of the amplitude and the relative phase of the order …