Towards bose-einstein condensation of semiconductor excitons: The biexciton polarization effect

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Original languageEnglish
Article number146402
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume103
Issue number14
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2009

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We theoretically predict a strong influence of stimulated exciton-exciton scattering on semiconductor luminescence. The stimulated scattering causes circularly polarized instead of unpolarized emission at the biexciton emission line in a degenerate gas of partly spin polarized excitons. The biexciton polarization effect increases with increasing exciton densities and decreasing temperatures and approaches almost unity in the ultimate case of Bose-Einstein condensation. Time- and polarization-resolved luminescence measurements evidence the biexciton polarization effect both in ZnSe and GaAs quantum wells.

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Towards bose-einstein condensation of semiconductor excitons: The biexciton polarization effect. / Hägele, D.; Pfalz, Stefan; Oestreich, Michael.
In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 103, No. 14, 146402, 30.09.2009.

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Hägele D, Pfalz S, Oestreich M. Towards bose-einstein condensation of semiconductor excitons: The biexciton polarization effect. Physical Review Letters. 2009 Sept 30;103(14):146402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.146402
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