Superconductivity in semiconductor structures: the excitonic mechanism
Superconductivity in semiconductor structures: the excitonic mechanism
We theoretically study the dependency of the superconductivity transition critical temperature (TC) on the electron and exciton–polariton densities in layered systems, where superconductivity is mediated by a Bose-Einstein condensate of exciton–polaritons. The critical temperature increases with the polariton density, but decreases with the electron gas density, surprisingly. This makes doped semiconductor structures with shallow Fermi energies better adapted for observation of the exciton–polariton-induced superconductivity than metallic layers. For realistic GaAs-based microcavities containing doped and neutral quantum wells we estimate TCTC as close to 50 K. Superconductivity is suppressed by magnetic fields of the order of 4 T due to the Fermi surface renormalization.
2D semiconductors, excitons, bose–einstein condensates, superconductivity
170-175
Cherotchenko, E.D.
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Espinosa-Ortega, T.
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Nalitov, A.V.
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Shelykh, I.A.
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Kavokin, A.V.
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February 2016
Cherotchenko, E.D.
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Espinosa-Ortega, T.
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Nalitov, A.V.
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Shelykh, I.A.
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Kavokin, A.V.
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Cherotchenko, E.D., Espinosa-Ortega, T., Nalitov, A.V., Shelykh, I.A. and Kavokin, A.V.
(2016)
Superconductivity in semiconductor structures: the excitonic mechanism.
Superlattices and Microstructures, 90, .
(doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2015.12.003).
Abstract
We theoretically study the dependency of the superconductivity transition critical temperature (TC) on the electron and exciton–polariton densities in layered systems, where superconductivity is mediated by a Bose-Einstein condensate of exciton–polaritons. The critical temperature increases with the polariton density, but decreases with the electron gas density, surprisingly. This makes doped semiconductor structures with shallow Fermi energies better adapted for observation of the exciton–polariton-induced superconductivity than metallic layers. For realistic GaAs-based microcavities containing doped and neutral quantum wells we estimate TCTC as close to 50 K. Superconductivity is suppressed by magnetic fields of the order of 4 T due to the Fermi surface renormalization.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 December 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 December 2015
Published date: February 2016
Keywords:
2D semiconductors, excitons, bose–einstein condensates, superconductivity
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Local EPrints ID: 385662
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/385662
ISSN: 1096-3677
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A.V. Nalitov
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I.A. Shelykh
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