A light-induced charge order mode in a metastable cuprate ladder

Hari Padma, Prakash Sharma, Sophia F. R. TenHuisen +17

We report the observation of an emergent charge order mode in the optically-excited cuprate ladder Sr${}_{14}$Cu${}_{24}$O${}_{41}$. Near-infrared light in the ladder plane drives a symm…