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Superfluidity of indirect biexcitons in superlattices

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Instability in a system of interacting quasi-two-dimensional excitons in a type II superlattice of a finite thickness due to attraction between oppositely-directed excitonic dipoles in neighboring layers has been discovered. A stable system is that of indirect quasi-two-dimensional biexcitons formed by indirect excitons with dipole moments oriented in opposite directions. The radius and binding energy of indirect biexcitons has been calculated. A collective spectrum of a system of such biexcitons with a weak quadrupole interaction between them has been studied. Feasibility of Bose condensation, the density n s(T) of the superfluid component, and a phase transition to the superfliud state in a low-density system of indirect biexcitons have been analyzed.

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  1. Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142092, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia

    Yu. E. Lozovik & O. L. Berman

  2. Göteborg University, Chalmers University of Technology, S-41296, Göteborg, Sweden

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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 1786–1798 (May 1999)

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Lozovik, Y.E., Berman, O.L. & Willander, M. Superfluidity of indirect biexcitons in superlattices. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 88, 980–986 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558880

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