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Biexcitonic molecules survive excitons at the Mott transition

Shahmohammadi, Mehran  
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Jacopin, Gwenole  
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Rossbach, Georg  
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2014
Nature Communications

When the carrier density is increased in a semiconductor, according to the predictions of Sir Nevil Mott, a transition should occur from an insulating state consisting of a gas of excitons to a conductive electron-hole plasma. This crossover, usually referred to as the Mott transition, is driven by the mutual effects of phase-space filling and Coulomb screening because of the presence of other charges nearby. It drastically affects the optical and electrical characteristics of semiconductors and may, for example, drive the transition from a polariton laser to a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser. Usually, the possible existence of excitonic molecules (or biexcitons) is neglected in the understanding of the Mott transition because the biexciton is supposed to be less robust against screening effects. Here, against common beliefs, we observe that the biexciton in a GaN quantum well is more stable towards the Mott transition than the exciton.

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DOI
10.1038/ncomms6251
Web of Science ID

WOS:000348731100001

Author(s)
Shahmohammadi, Mehran  
Jacopin, Gwenole  
Rossbach, Georg  
Levrat, Jacques  
Feltin, Eric
Carlin, Jean-Francois  
Ganiere, Jean-Daniel  
Butte, Raphael  
Grandjean, Nicolas  
Deveaud, Benoit  
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

5

Article Number

5251

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REVIEWED

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