Bose-Einstein condensation of indirect excitons in coupled quantum wells

2002/07/31 by G. M. Kavoulakis
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat

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published as Journal of Low Temp. Phys., 132 (2003) 297 · 13 pages, RevTex, to appear in the Journal of Low Temp. Physics

arxiv created 2003/04/30 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We study the ground-state properties of a quasi-two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate of indirect excitons, which are confined in an anisotropic harmonic potential. Incorporating the interactions, we calculate the order parameter variationally. The difficulties in the detection of a Bose-Einstein condensate are also discussed, along with possible ways which would overcome them.

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