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Excitonic Bose-Einstein Condensation versus Electron-Hole Plasma Formation

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Frontiers of Optical Spectroscopy

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry ((NAII,volume 168))

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After a short introduction we outline the properties of the electron-hole plasma and give some selected examples how its properties have been verified in direct and indirect gap bulk semiconductors and in quantum wells.

Then we present the basic properties expected for an excitonic Bose-Einstein condensation, claims for its observation and the objections put forward to these claims. The contribution will be finished with a short conclusion and outlook.

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Klingshirn, C. (2005). Excitonic Bose-Einstein Condensation versus Electron-Hole Plasma Formation. In: Di Bartolo, B., Forte, O. (eds) Frontiers of Optical Spectroscopy. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 168. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2751-6_15

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