Optical absorption activated by an ultrashort half-cycle pulse in metallic and superconducting states of the Hubbard model

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Main Authors: Shinjo, Kazuya, Sota, Shigetoshi, Yunoki, Seiji, Tohyama, Takami
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Published: 2024
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author Shinjo, Kazuya
Sota, Shigetoshi
Yunoki, Seiji
Tohyama, Takami
author_facet Shinjo, Kazuya
Sota, Shigetoshi
Yunoki, Seiji
Tohyama, Takami
contents The development of high-intensity ultrashort laser pulses unlocks the potential of pump-probe spectroscopy in sub-femtosecond timescale. Notably, subcycle pump pulses can generate electronic states unreachable by conventional multicycle pulses, leading to a phenomenon that we refer to as subcycle-pulse engineering. In this study, we employ the time-dependent density-matrix renormalization group method to unveil the transient absorption spectra of superconducting and metallic states in nearly half-filled one-dimensional and two-dimensional Hubbard models excited by an ultrashort half-cycle pulse, which can induce a current with inversion-symmetry breaking. In a superconducting state realized in attractive on-site interactions, we find the transient activation of absorptions at energies corresponding to the amplitude modes of superconducting and charge-density-wave states. On the other hand, in a metallic state realized in the two-dimensional model with repulsive on-site interactions, we obtain another type of absorption enhancements, which are distributed broadly in spin excitation energies. These findings indicate that superconducting and metallic states are sensitive to an ultrashort half-cycle pulse, leading to the transient activations of optical absorptions with their respective mechanisms.
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spellingShingle Optical absorption activated by an ultrashort half-cycle pulse in metallic and superconducting states of the Hubbard model
Shinjo, Kazuya
Sota, Shigetoshi
Yunoki, Seiji
Tohyama, Takami
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
The development of high-intensity ultrashort laser pulses unlocks the potential of pump-probe spectroscopy in sub-femtosecond timescale. Notably, subcycle pump pulses can generate electronic states unreachable by conventional multicycle pulses, leading to a phenomenon that we refer to as subcycle-pulse engineering. In this study, we employ the time-dependent density-matrix renormalization group method to unveil the transient absorption spectra of superconducting and metallic states in nearly half-filled one-dimensional and two-dimensional Hubbard models excited by an ultrashort half-cycle pulse, which can induce a current with inversion-symmetry breaking. In a superconducting state realized in attractive on-site interactions, we find the transient activation of absorptions at energies corresponding to the amplitude modes of superconducting and charge-density-wave states. On the other hand, in a metallic state realized in the two-dimensional model with repulsive on-site interactions, we obtain another type of absorption enhancements, which are distributed broadly in spin excitation energies. These findings indicate that superconducting and metallic states are sensitive to an ultrashort half-cycle pulse, leading to the transient activations of optical absorptions with their respective mechanisms.
title Optical absorption activated by an ultrashort half-cycle pulse in metallic and superconducting states of the Hubbard model
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00313