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The luminescence of interwell excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum wells (n-i-n heterostructures) containing large-scale random-potential fluctuations was studied. The study dealt with the properties of an exciton whose photoexcited electron and hole are spatially divided between the neighboring quantum wells under density variation and at temperatures of down to 0.5 K. We investigated domains ∼1 µm in size, which act as macroscopic exciton traps. Once the resonance laser pump power reaches a certain threshold, a very narrow delocalized exciton line appears (with a width less than 0.3 meV), which grows strongly in intensity with increasing pump power and shifts toward lower energies (by approximately 0.5 meV) in accordance with the exciton buildup in the lowest state in the domain. As the temperature increases, this spectral line disappears in a nonactivated manner. This phenomenon is assigned to Bose condensation occurring in the quasi-two-dimensional system of interwell excitons. The critical exciton density and temperature were determined within the temperature interval studied (0.5 to 3.6 K), and a phase diagram specifying the exciton condensate region was constructed.
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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2004, pp. 168–170.
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Dremin, A.A., Larionov, A.V. & Timofeev, V.B. Bose condensation of interwell excitons in lateral traps: A phase diagram. Phys. Solid State 46, 170–172 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1641946
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