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The quantum states of an electron-hole pair in one-dimensional semiconductors under a static electric field are theoretically analyzed using a two-band model with on-site Coulomb interaction. In the absence of static field, the electron and…

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Excitons in semiconductors, bound pairs of excited electrons and holes, can form the basis for new classes of quantum optoelectronic devices. A van der Waals heterostructure built from atomically thin semiconducting transition metal…

We report a photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy study of charge state control in single self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots by applying electric and/or magnetic fields at 4.2 K. Neutral and charged exciton complexes were observed under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-31 Jing Tang , Shuo Cao , Yunan Gao , Yue Sun , Weidong Geng , David A. Williams , Kuijuan Jin , Xiulai Xu

We theoretically study the collective excitations of an ideal gas confined in an isotropic harmonic trap. We give an exact solution to the Boltzmann-Vlasov equation; as expected for a single-component system, the associated mode frequencies…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-05-12 Bert Van Schaeybroeck , Achilleas Lazarides

We observe high-mobility transport of indirect excitons in coupled GaAs quantum wells. A voltage-tunable in-plane potential gradient is defined for excitons by exploiting the quantum confined Stark effect in combination with a…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Gartner , A. W. Holleitner , D. Schuh , J. P. Kotthaus

We present a technical guide to developing a quantum-mechanical system with co-trapped laser-cooled ions and electrons, aiming to utilize this mixed-species system in quantum computing and sensing. We outline a method to control the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Niklas Vilhelm Lausti , Vineet Kumar , Ivan Hudák , Michal Tarana , Michal Hejduk

We theoretically investigate the Stark shift of the exciton goundstate in two vertically coupled quantum dots as a function of the interdot distance. The coupling is shown to enhance the tuneability of the linear optical properties,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Troiani , E. Molinari

The phenomena of electric field reversal in glow discharges is discussed. Several models are described and the link between the electric field reversal, electron's trapping and the discharge structure is analyzed.

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-10 Mario J. Pinheiro

It was proposed that a dilute semimetal is unstable against the formation of an exciton insulator, however experimental confirmations have remained elusive. We investigate the origin of bulk energy gap in inverted InAs/GaSb quantum wells…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-14 Lingjie Du , Wenkai Lou , Kai Chang , Gerard Sullivan , Rui-Rui Du

We consider the charged exciton complexes of an ideal two-dimensional electron-hole system in the limit of strong magnetic fields. A series of charged multiple-exciton states is identified and variational and finite-size exact…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 J. J. Palacios , D. Yoshioka , A. H. MacDonald

We study the ground state properties of trapped atomic condensates with electric field induced dipole-dipole interactions. A rigorous method for constructing the pseudo potential in the spirit of ladder approximation is developed for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Yi , L. You

An accurate calculation of the exciton ground and excited states in AlGaAs and InGaAs coupled quantum wells (CQWs) in an external electric field is presented. An efficient and straightforward algorithm of solving the Schrodinger equation in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-05-15 K. Sivalertporn , L. Mouchliadis , A. L. Ivanov , R. Philp , E. A. Muljarov

The ground state of two-dimensional (2D) electron systems with equal low densities of electrons and holes in nearby layers is an exciton fluid. We show that a reservoir for excitons can be established by contacting the two layers separately…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-10 Ming Xie , Allan H. MacDonald

We propose the cyclotron state retrieval of an electron trapped in a Penning trap by using different measurement schemes based on suitable modifications of the applied electromagnetic fields and exploiting the axial degree of freedom as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Stefano Mancini , Paolo Tombesi

Motivated by the experiment of electrostatic conveyor belt for indirect excitons [A. G. Winbow, \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{106}, 196806 (2011)], we study the exciton patterns for understanding the exciton dynamics. By…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-06-19 T. T. Zhao , Rui Li , C. S. Liu

Band-inverted electron-hole bilayers support quantum spin Hall insulator and exciton condensate phases. We investigate such a bilayer in an external magnetic field. We show that the interlayer correlations lead to formation of a helical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-09 D. I. Pikulin , P. G. Silvestrov , T. Hyart

We utilize the combination of two standard trapping techniques, a magnetic trap and an optical trap in a Raman setup, to propose a versatile and tunable trap for cold atoms. The created potential provides several advantages over…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-05-21 S. Middelkamp , M. Mayle , I. Lesanovsky , P. Schmelcher

We provide a theoretical framework for the electric field control of the electron spin in systems with diffusive electron motion. The approach is valid in the experimentally important case where both intrinsic and extrinsic spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-10 R. Raimondi , P. Schwab

A full strength Coulomb interaction between trapped electrons can be felt only in absence of a neutralizing background. In order to study quantum degenerate electrons without such a background, an external trap is needed to compensate for…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-05-23 Ronen Kroeze , Jom Luiten , Servaas Kokkelmans

Excitons, quasi-particles consisting of electron-hole pairs bound by the Coulomb interaction, are a potential medium for processing of photonic information in the solid-state. Information processing via excitons requires efficient…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-28 Snežana Lazić , Adriano Violante , Kobi Cohen , Rudolph Hey , Ronen Rapaport , Paulo Ventura Santos