Dynamics of non-thermal states in optimally-doped $B{i}_{2}S{r}_{2}C{a}_{0.92}{Y}_{0.08}C{u}_2{O}_{8+\delta }$ revealed by mid-infrared three-pulse spectroscopy

Angela Montanaro, Enrico Maria Rigoni, Francesca Giusti +13

In the cuprates, the opening of a d-wave superconducting (SC) gap is accompanied by a redistribution of spectral weight at energies two orders of magnitude larger than this gap. Th…