Exciton-polariton mediated superconductivity

We revisit the exciton mechanism of superconductivity in the framework of microcavity physics, replacing virtual excitons as a binding agent of Cooper pairs by excitations of an exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensate. We consider a model microcavity where a quantum well with a two-dimensional el...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laussy, Fabrice P. (Author), Kavokin, Alexey V. (Author), Shelykh, Ivan A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010-03-09.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
LEADER 01006 am a22001453u 4500
001 148757
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Laussy, Fabrice P.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Kavokin, Alexey V.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Shelykh, Ivan A.  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Exciton-polariton mediated superconductivity 
260 |c 2010-03-09. 
856 |z Get fulltext  |u https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/148757/1/PhysRevLett.104.106402%255B1%255D.pdf 
520 |a We revisit the exciton mechanism of superconductivity in the framework of microcavity physics, replacing virtual excitons as a binding agent of Cooper pairs by excitations of an exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensate. We consider a model microcavity where a quantum well with a two-dimensional electron gas is sandwiched between two undoped quantum wells, where a polariton condensate is formed. We show that the critical temperature for superconductivity dramatically increases with the condensate population, opening a new route towards high-temperature superconductivity.  
655 7 |a Article