Abstract
We propose that periodic driving can stabilize a new type of order, "period-doubled superconductivity", in which a superconducting order parameter oscillates at half the frequency of the drive. Despite having a zero time-averaged order parameter, the ordered state exhibits perfect conductivity and a Meissner effect. Our theory predicts that this phase may be realized as the steady state of materials shown to exhibit photo-induced superconductivity. We propose to detect the period-doubled oscillation of the order parameter by utilizing a Josephson junction between a photo-induced superconductor and a conventional superconductor. Our theory can also be realized via parametric driving of cold bosonic atoms in an optical lattice.
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