Abstract
The magnetoresistive manganite Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 becomes metallic when THz pulses are used to resonantly drive a stretching Mn-O vibration. A five-order-of-magnitude drop of the sample resistivity and ultrafast, nanosecond-lived reflectivity changes are observed.
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