Condensation effects of excitons

doi:10.1016/0370-1573(77)90012-6

Physics Reports

Volume 33, Issue 4, October 1977, Pages 209-284

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Abstract

The theory of the electronic excitations in a highly excited semiconductor is presented. The relaxation processes, the formation of excitons and excitonic molecules, the interaction among the various forms of electronic excitations, as well as their optical and thermodynamical properties are analyzed. At low temperatures one expects condensations into the quantum statistically degenerate phases of the excitonic molecules and of the electron-hole plasma. The physical properties of these low temperature phases are investigated. Possibilities and previous attempts to observe the Bose-Einstein condensation in excitonic systems are discussed critically. The experimental observations of the electron-hole liquid phase transition are reviewed.

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Condensation effects of excitons

Abstract

Nuovo Cimento

Phys. Rev.

Phys. Rev.

J. Phys. Soc. Japan

Progr. Theor. Phys. Supplement

J. Phys. Soc. Japan

J. Phys. Soc. Japan

J. de Physique

Progr. Theor. Phys.

Solid State Commun.

Phys. Stat. Sol.

Festkörperprobleme

Festkörperprobleme

Science

Fortschritte der Physik

Phys. Rev.

Phys. Rev.

Progr. Theor. Phys.

J. Phys. Chem. Solids

Phys. Rev. Letters

J. Phys. Soc. Japan

Phys. Rev.

Phys. Rev.

Solid State Commun.

Solid State Commun.

J. Phys. Soc. Japan

Phys. Stat. Sol.

J. Phys.

Solid State Commun.

Solid State Commun.

Z. Physik

RCA Review

Phys. Stat. Sol.

J. Luminescence

J. Luminescence

Phys. Rev.

Phys. Rev.

J. Phys. Soc. Japan