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The possibility of realization of a superfluid state of bound electron-hole pairs (magnetoexcitons) with spatially separated components in a graphene double layer structure (two graphene layers separated by a dielectric layer) subjected by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 D. V. Fil , L. Yu. Kravchenko

We propose a new type of hybrid systems formed by conventional semiconductor nanostructures with the addition of remote insulating layers, where the electron-hole interaction is enhanced by combining quantum and dielectric confinement over…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Goldoni , F. Rossi , E. Molinari

When particles with integer spin accumulate at low temperature and high density they undergo Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). Atoms, solid-state excitons and excitons coupled to light all exhibit BEC, which results in high coherence due to…

Excitonic insulator (EI) was proposed in 60's as a distinct insulating state originating from pure electronic interaction, but its material realization has been elusive with extremely few material candidates and with only limited evidence…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-03-06 Jinwon Lee , Chang-Jong Kang , Man Jin Eom , Jun Sung Kim , Byung Il Min , Han Woong Yeom

We develop a strong-coupling theory of Bose-Einstein condensate-mediated superconductivity in a hybrid system, which consists of a two-dimensional electron gas with either (i) parabolic spectrum or (ii) relativistic Dirac spectrum in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-25 Meng Sun , A. V. Parafilo , V. M. Kovalev , I. G. Savenko

Following the discovery of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in ultra cold atoms [E. Gosta, Nobel Lectures in Physics (2001-2005), World Scientific (2008)], there has been a huge experimental and theoretical push to try and illuminate a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-04-13 A. S. Alexandrov , S. E. Savel'ev

Although the pairing glue for the attractive quasiparticle interaction responsible for unconventional superconductivity in heavy electron materials has been identified as the spin fluctuations that arise from their proximity to a magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-02-03 Yi-feng Yang , David Pines

We investigate single-particle excitation properties in the normal state of a two-band superconductor or superfluid throughout the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) to Bose-Einstein-condensation (BEC) crossover, within the many-body T-matrix…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-09 Hiroyuki Tajima , Pierbiagio Pieri , Andrea Perali

Artificial moir\'e superlattices in 2d van der Waals heterostructure is a new venue for realizing and controlling correlated electronic phenomena. Recently, twisted bilayer WSe$_2$ emerged as a new robust moir\'e system hosting a correlated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-12-02 Zhen Bi , Liang Fu

Exciton condensation in semiconductors and semimetals has long been predicted but remains elusive. In a semiconductor, condensation occurs when the exciton binding energy matches the band gap. This binding energy results from a balance…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-11 Harley D. Scammell , Oleg P. Sushkov

Excitons, quasiparticles of electrons and holes bound by Coulombic attraction, are created transiently by light and play an important role in optoelectronics, photovoltaics and photosynthesis. While they are also predicted to form…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-29 Keisuke Fukutani , Roland Stania , Chang Il Kwon , Jun Sung Kim , Ki Jeong Kong , Jaeyoung Kim , Han Woong Yeom

Excitonic insulators (EIs), arising in semiconductors when the electron-hole binding energy exceeds the band gap, are a solid-state prototype for bosonic phases of matter. Unlike the charged excitations that are frozen and unable to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-27 Phuong X. Nguyen , Liguo Ma , Raghav Chaturvedi , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Jie Shan , Kin Fai Mak

When the electron density of highly crystalline thin films is tuned by chemical doping or ionic liq- uid gating, interesting effects appear including unconventional superconductivity, sizeable spin-orbit coupling, competition with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-19 G. Dezi , N. Scopigno , S. Caprara , M. Grilli

Higgs modes in condensed matter physics have drawn attention because of analogies to the Higgs bosons of particle physics. Here we use a microscopic time-dependent mean-field theory to study the collective mode spectra of two-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 Fei Xue , Fengcheng Wu , Allan H. MacDonald

Thermal conductivity and specific heat were measured in the superconducting state of the heavy fermion material Ce_{1-x}La_{x}CoIn_{5}. With increasing impurity concentration x, the suppression of T_{c} is accompanied by the increase in the…

The nonlinear dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of dipolar excitons trapped in an external confining potential in coupled quantum wells is analysed. It is demonstrated that under typical experimental conditions the dipolar…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-07-17 O. L. Berman , R. Ya. Kezerashvili , G. V. Kolmakov , Yu. E. Lozovik

Exciton superfluid is a macroscopic quantum phenomenon in which large quantities of excitons undergo the Bose-Einstein condensation. Recently, exciton superfluid has been widely studied in various bilayer systems. However, experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-22 Qing-Dong Jiang , Zhi-qiang Bao , Qing-Feng Sun , X. C. Xie

Hole gases in planar germanium can have high mobilities in combination with strong spin-orbit interaction and electrically tunable g-factors, and are therefore emerging as a promising platform for creating hybrid…

The hunt for high temperature superfluidity has received new impetus from the discovery of atomically thin stable materials. Electron-hole superfluidity in coupled MoSe2-WSe2 monolayers is investigated using a mean-field multiband model…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-01 Sara Conti , Matthias Van der Donck , Andrea Perali , Francois M. Peeters , David Neilson