A terahertz-driven non-equilibrium phase transition in a room temperature atomic vapour

There are few demonstrated examples of phase transitions that may be driven directly by terahertz frequency electric fields, and those that are known require field strengths exceeding 1 MV cm−1. Here we report a non-equilibrium phase transition driven by a weak (≪1 V cm−1), continuous-wave terahertz...

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Main Authors: Wade, C, Marcuzzi, M, Levi, E, Kondo, J, Lesanovsky, I, Adams, C, Weatherill, K
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer Nature 2018