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Three-dimensional electron-hole superfluidity in a superlattice close to room temperature

Superconductivity 2020-09-02 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Although there is strong theoretical and experimental evidence for electron-hole superfluidity in separated sheets of electrons and holes at low TT, extending superfluidity to high TT is limited by strong 2D fluctuations and Kosterlitz-Thouless effects. We show this limitation can be overcome using a superlattice of alternating electron- and hole-doped semiconductor monolayers. The superfluid transition in a 3D superlattice is not topological, and for strong electron-hole pair coupling, the transition temperature TcT_c can be at room temperature. As a quantitative illustration, we show TcT_c can reach 270270 K for a superfluid in a realistic superlattice of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers.

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@article{arxiv.1911.01123,
  title  = {Three-dimensional electron-hole superfluidity in a superlattice close to room temperature},
  author = {M. Van der Donck and S. Conti and A. Perali and A. R. Hamilton and B. Partoens and F. M. Peeters and D. Neilson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01123},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures, supplementary material (3 pages) includes 1 table and 1 figure