Observation of the exciton Mott transition in the photoluminescence of coupled quantum wells

Gabija Kirsanské; Petru Tighineanu; Raphaël Sura Daveau; Javier Miguel-Sánchez; Peter Lodahl; Søren Stobbe

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.155438

Observation of the exciton Mott transition in the photoluminescence of coupled quantum wells

Gabija Kirsanské, Petru Tighineanu, Raphaël Sura Daveau, Javier Miguel-Sánchez, Peter Lodahl, Søren Stobbe

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Abstract

Indirect excitons in coupled quantum wells have long radiative lifetimes and form a cold quasi-two-dimensional population suitable for studying collective quantum effects. Here we report the observation of the exciton Mott transition from an insulating (excitons) to a conducting (ionized electron-hole pairs) phase, which occurs gradually as a function of carrier density and temperature. The transition is inferred from spectral and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements around a carrier density of 2×1010cm-2 and temperatures of 12-16 K. An externally applied electric field is employed to tune the dynamics of the transition via the quantum-confined Stark effect. Our results provide evidence of a gradual nature of the exciton Mott transition.

Original language	English
Article number	155438
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	94
ISSN	2469-9950
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.155438
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2016

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