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Title: Magnetic Field Stabilized Electron-Hole Liquid in Indirect-Band-Gap AlxGa1-xAs

Abstract

An electron-hole liquid (EHL), a condensed liquidlike phase of free electrons and holes in a semiconductor, presents a unique system for exploring quantum many-body phenomena. While the behavior of EHLs is generally understood, less attention has been devoted to systematically varying the onset of their formation and resulting properties. We report on an experimental approach to tune the conditions of formation and characteristics using a combination of low excitation densities and high magnetic fields up to 90 T. Demonstration of this approach was carried out in indirect-band-gap Al0.387Ga0.613As. EHL droplets can be nucleated from one of two multiexciton complex states depending on the applied excitation density. Furthermore, the excitation density influences the carrier density of the EHL at high magnetic fields, where filling of successive Landau levels can be controlled. The ability to manipulate the formation pathway, temperature, and carrier density of the EHL phase under otherwise fixed experimental conditions makes our approach a powerful tool for studying condensed carrier phases in further detail.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1244667
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5K00-65871
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 7; Related Information: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; electron-hole liquid; photoluminescence

Citation Formats

Alberi, Kristin, Fluegel, Brian, Crooker, Scott A., and Mascarenhas, Angelo. Magnetic Field Stabilized Electron-Hole Liquid in Indirect-Band-Gap AlxGa1-xAs. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.075310.
Alberi, Kristin, Fluegel, Brian, Crooker, Scott A., & Mascarenhas, Angelo. Magnetic Field Stabilized Electron-Hole Liquid in Indirect-Band-Gap AlxGa1-xAs. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.075310
Alberi, Kristin, Fluegel, Brian, Crooker, Scott A., and Mascarenhas, Angelo. 2016. "Magnetic Field Stabilized Electron-Hole Liquid in Indirect-Band-Gap AlxGa1-xAs". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.075310.
@article{osti_1244667,
title = {Magnetic Field Stabilized Electron-Hole Liquid in Indirect-Band-Gap AlxGa1-xAs},
author = {Alberi, Kristin and Fluegel, Brian and Crooker, Scott A. and Mascarenhas, Angelo},
abstractNote = {An electron-hole liquid (EHL), a condensed liquidlike phase of free electrons and holes in a semiconductor, presents a unique system for exploring quantum many-body phenomena. While the behavior of EHLs is generally understood, less attention has been devoted to systematically varying the onset of their formation and resulting properties. We report on an experimental approach to tune the conditions of formation and characteristics using a combination of low excitation densities and high magnetic fields up to 90 T. Demonstration of this approach was carried out in indirect-band-gap Al0.387Ga0.613As. EHL droplets can be nucleated from one of two multiexciton complex states depending on the applied excitation density. Furthermore, the excitation density influences the carrier density of the EHL at high magnetic fields, where filling of successive Landau levels can be controlled. The ability to manipulate the formation pathway, temperature, and carrier density of the EHL phase under otherwise fixed experimental conditions makes our approach a powerful tool for studying condensed carrier phases in further detail.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.075310},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1244667}, journal = {Physical Review B},
issn = {2469-9950},
number = 7,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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