EVIDENCE FOR BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF A 2-COMPONENT EXCITON GAS

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SNOKE, DW
WOLFE, JP
MYSYROWICZ, A
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[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,MAT RES LAB,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] ECOLE POLYTECH,ECOLE NATL SUPER TECH AVANCEES,OPT APPL LAB,F-91120 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
[3] UNIV PARIS 07,PHYS SOLIDES GRP,F-75221 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2543
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O4 [物理学];
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Time-resolved spectral and spatial measurements of photoluminescence in Cu2O at low temperatures suggest that the gas of paraexcitons undergoes Bose-Einstein condensation at high densities. As a result of the two-component nature of the gas (orthoexcitons and paraexcitons with different ground-state energies and spin multiplicities) and the nonequilibrium nature of photoproduced excitons, the condensation process is quite different from the simple ideal-gas case envisioned by Einstein. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2543 / 2546
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