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Investigating pairing interactions with coherent charge fluctuation spectroscopy

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It has been recently demonstrated that a pump pulse can generate coherent charge fluctuations in a superconductor through a stimulated Raman process [Mansart, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 4539 (2013)]. Here, we present a tutorial review of the basic phenomena involved and show how the technique bears a strong analogy with nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance. The reflectivity of the system gets modulated by the coherent charge fluctuation of the condensate. A resonance at the Mott scale allows to identify a high-energy excitation which is coupled to the superconducting quasiparticles.

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Lorenzana, J., Mansart, B., Mann, A. et al. Investigating pairing interactions with coherent charge fluctuation spectroscopy. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 222, 1223–1239 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2013-01917-9

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