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Increase of the chemical potential and phase transitions in four-component exciton condensates subject to magnetic fields

Authors :
Yuri G. Rubo
Alexey Kavokin
Centro de Investigación en Energía
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C)
Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
School of Physics and Astronomy [Nottingham]
University of Nottingham, UK (UON)
Source :
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), American Physical Society, 2011, 84, pp.045309. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045309⟩
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2011.

Abstract

We analyze the spin structure of the ground state of four-component exciton condensates in coupled quantum wells as a function of spin-dependent interactions and applied magnetic field. The four components correspond to the degenerate exciton states characterized by $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2$ and $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1$ spin projections to the axis of the structure. We show that in a wide range of parameters, the chemical potential of the system increases as a function of magnetic field, which manifests a pseudo-diamagnetism of the system. The transitions to polarized two- and one-component condensates can be of the first-order in this case. The predicted effects are caused by energy-conserving mixing of $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2$ and $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1$ excitons.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10980121 and 1550235X
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), American Physical Society, 2011, 84, pp.045309. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045309⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4e4060f015401ee8e1732f408066db27
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045309⟩