Possible light-induced superconductivity in metallic K3C60

We report possible light-induced superconductivity in the organic molecular solid K3C60, a superconductor at equilibrium below Tc=20 K. In our experiment we excited this alkali-doped fulleride with strong femtosecond pulses, tuned to be resonant with local molecular vibrational modes. By means of TH...

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Main Authors: Cantaluppi, A, Mitrano, M, Nicoletti, D, Kaiser, S, Perucchi, A, Lupi, S, Di Pietro, P, Pontiroli, D, Ricco, M, Subedi, A, Clark, S, Jaksch, D, Cavalleri, A
Format: Conference item
Published: Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2016