[HTML][HTML] Strong transient magnetic fields induced by THz-driven plasmons in graphene disks

JW Han, P Sai, DB But, E Uykur, S Winnerl… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Strong circularly polarized excitation opens up the possibility to generate and control
effective magnetic fields in solid state systems, eg, via the optical inverse Faraday effect or …

Toward the Light‐Operated Superconducting Devices: Circularly Polarized Radiation Manipulates the Current‐Carrying States in Superconducting Rings

MD Croitoru, SV Mironov, B Lounis… - Advanced Quantum …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to rapidly control and manipulate superconducting states is one of the great
challenges of modern condensed matter physics. Circularly polarized radiation interacting …

Influence of a nonuniform thermal quench and circular polarized radiation on spontaneous current generation in superconducting rings

MD Croitoru, B Lounis, AI Buzdin - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We theoretically study the nonequilibrium dynamics of the order parameter of a
superconducting ring inhomogeneously quenched through its transition temperature …

All-optical generation of Abrikosov vortices by the inverse Faraday effect

VD Plastovets, ID Tokman, B Lounis, AS Mel'nikov… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Within the framework of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory we show that circularly
polarized terahertz or far-infrared radiation induces a dc supercurrent that influences the …

ac Hall Effect and Photon Drag of Superconducting Condensates

SV Mironov, AS Mel'nikov, AI Buzdin - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We suggest a theoretical description of the photogalvanic phenomena arising in
superconducting condensates in the field of electromagnetic wave. The ac Hall effect and …

Generalized Pitaevskii relation between rectifying and linear responses: Application to reciprocal magnetization induction

H Watanabe, A Daido - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Nonlinear optics has regained attention in recent years, especially in the context of
optospintronics and topological materials. Nonlinear responses involved in various degrees …

Inverse Faraday effect in Mott insulators

S Banerjee, U Kumar, SZ Lin - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
The inverse Faraday effect (IFE), where a static magnetization is induced by circularly
polarized light, offers a promising route to ultrafast control of spin states. Here we study the …

[HTML][HTML] Fluctuation-mediated inverse Faraday effect in superconducting rings

V Plastovets, AI Buzdin - Physics Letters A, 2023 - Elsevier
We study the generation of supercurrent by circularly polarized electromagnetic wave in a
superconducting ring in fluctuation regime at T> T c. Using the time-dependent Ginzburg …

Helicity-controlled switching of superconducting states by radiation pulse

MD Croitoru, B Lounis, AI Buzdin - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We provide a theoretical analysis of the possibility of using circularly polarized radiation to
switch between two different quantum states of a superconducting nanoring subjected to the …

Photogalvanic transport in fluctuating Ising superconductors

AV Parafilo, MV Boev, VM Kovalev, IG Savenko - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In a two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric Ising superconductor in a fluctuating regime
under the action of a uniform external electromagnetic field, there emerge two contributions …