Bose-einstein Condensation Of Excitons And Biexcitons: And Coherent Nonlinear Optics With Excitons

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF EXCITONS AND BIEXCITONS AND COHERENT NONLINEAR OPTICS WITH EXCITONS Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons is a unique effect in which the electronic states of a solid can self-organize to acquire quantum-phase coherence. The phenomenon is closely linked to Bose-Einstein condensation in other systems such as liquid helium and lasercooled atomic gases. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive survey of this field, covering theoretical aspects as well as recent experimental work. After setting out the relevant basic physics of excitons, the authors discuss excitonphonon interactions as well as the behavior of biexcitons. They cover exciton phase transitions and give particular attention to nonlinear optical effects including the optical Stark effect and chaos in excitonic systems. The thermodynamics of equilibrium, quasi-equilibrium, and nonequilibrium systems are examined in detail. The authors interweave theoretical and experimental results throughout the book and it will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in semiconductor and superconductor physics, quantum optics, and atomic physics. S.A. Moskalenko is Professor of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics of the Institute of Applied Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova. He has been a state prize winner of the Moldovan SSR, Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR in the field of Science and Technology, and a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova since 1992. He is the author of four books in Russian and many scientific articles. D.W. Snoke is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the recipient of a U.S. National Science Foundation early career award, and has been named a Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation. He has published many articles on excitons, spectroscopy, and ultrafast processes and was co-editor of the book Bose-Einstein Condensation. BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF EXCITONS AND BIEXCITONS AND COHERENT NONLINEAR OPTICS WITH EXCITONS S.A. MOSKALENKO Academy of Sciences of Moldova D.W. SNOKE University of Pittsburgh CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www. Cambridge, org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521580991 © S.A. Moskalenko and D.W. Snoke 2000 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University P