Pressure tuning of light-induced superconductivity in K3C60

Cantaluppi, A.; Buzzi, M.; Jotzu, G.; Nicoletti, D.; Mitrano, M.; Pontiroli, D.; Riccò, M.; Perucchi, A.; Pietro, P. Di; Cavalleri, A.

doi:10.1038/s41567-018-0134-8

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Pressure tuning of light-induced superconductivity in K3C60

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Cantaluppi, A.
Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics, Condensed Matter Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging;

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Buzzi, M.
Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics, Condensed Matter Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging;

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Jotzu, G.
Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics, Condensed Matter Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Nicoletti, D.
Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics, Condensed Matter Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging;

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Mitrano, M.
Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics, Condensed Matter Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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Cavalleri, A.
Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics, Condensed Matter Dynamics Department, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging;
Department of Physics, Oxford University, Clarendon Laboratory;

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Cantaluppi, A., Buzzi, M., Jotzu, G., Nicoletti, D., Mitrano, M., Pontiroli, D., et al. (2018). Pressure tuning of light-induced superconductivity in K3C60. Nature Physics, 14(8), 837-841. doi:10.1038/s41567-018-0134-8.

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Abstract

Optical excitation at terahertz frequencies has emerged as an effective means to dynamically manipulate complex materials. In the molecular solid K3C60, short mid-infrared pulses transform the high-temperature metal into a non-equilibrium state with the optical properties of a superconductor. Here we tune this effect with hydrostatic pressure and find that the superconducting-like features gradually disappear at around 0.3 GPa. Reduction with pressure underscores the similarity with the equilibrium superconducting phase of K3C60, in which a larger electronic bandwidth induced by pressure is also detrimental for pairing. Crucially, our observation excludes alternative interpretations based on a high-mobility metallic phase. The pressure dependence also suggests that transient, incipient superconductivity occurs far above the 150 K hypothesized previously, and rather extends all the way to room temperature.