Problems of condensed matter physics : quantum coherence phenomena in electron-hole and coupled matter-light systems / edited by Alexei L. Ivanov, Sergei G. Tikhodeev.

Providing a review of some of the most important and 'hot' topics in condensed matter physics today, this title includes contributions by internationally leading experts such as V.M. Agranovich, B.L. Altshuler, E. Burstein, V.L. Ginzburg, K. Von Klitzing, etc., and can serve as a guide-boo...

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Other Authors: Keldysh, L. V., 1931- (Editor), Ivanov, A. L. (Alexei L.) (Editor), Tikhodeev, Sergeĭ G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2008.
Series:International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England) ; 139.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; 1 Recollections; 2 Once again on the Physical Minimum
  • References; 3 Hybrid organic-inorganic nanostructures and light-matter interaction; 3.1 Introduction: Hybrid organic-inorganic nanostructures; 3.1.1 Excitons in inorganic and organic materials; 3.2 Strong coupling regime; 3.2.1 Hybrid 2D Frenkel-Wannier-Mott excitons at the interface of organic and inorganic quantum wells; 3.2.2 Hybridization of Frenkel and W-M excitons in a 2D microcavity; 3.2.3 Giant Rabi splitting in organic microcavities; 3.3 Weak coupling regime in hybrid nanostructures.
  • 3.3.1 The Förster energy transfer3.3.2 Förster energy transfer in a planar geometry; 3.3.3 Non-contact pumping of light emitters via nonradiative energy transfer: A new concept for light-emitting devices; 3.3.4 First experiments; References; 4 The acoustic-wave driven quantum processor; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Variable g-factor materials; 4.3 Two-qubit gate; 4.4 Optical readout; 4.5 Optical input; 4.6 The optical quantum-state processor; 4.7 Summary; References; 5 On the problem of many-body localization; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Background and formulation of the problem.
  • 5.2.1 Non-interacting electrons in disorder potential5.2.2 Role of inelastic processes and phonon-assisted hopping; 5.2.3 Inelastic relaxation due to electron-electron interaction; 5.3 Finite-temperature metal-insulator transition; 5.3.1 Matrix elements of electron-electron interaction between localized states: essential features of the model; 5.3.2 Many-electron transitions and Fock space; 5.3.3 Statistics of the transition rates; 5.3.4 Self-consistent Born approximation; 5.3.5 Metallic phase; 5.3.6 Insulating phase; 5.4 Metal-insulator transition and many-body mobility edge.
  • 5.5 Conclusions and perspectivesReferences; 6 Raman scattering by LO phonons in semiconductors: The role of the Franz-Keldysh effect; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Observation of forbidden LO phonon scattering at surface of n-InSb; 6.3 Role of the Franz-Keldysh effect in Raman scattering by LO phonons; 6.4 Electric field-induced scattering by odd parity LO phonons; 6.5 Microscopic theory of electric field-induced Raman scattering by LO phonons; 6.6 Raman scattering by LO phonons in crossed electric and magneticfields; 6.7 Concluding remarks; References.
  • 7 Phenomena in cold exciton gases: Prom theory to experiments7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Stimulated kinetics of excitons; 7.3 Pattern formation in the exciton system; 7.3.1 The inner exciton ring; 7.3.2 The external exciton ring; 7.3.3 The localized bright spots; 7.3.4 The macroscopically ordered exciton state; References; 8 Composite fermions and the fractional quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron system; 8.1 Fractional quantum Hall effect; 8.2 Composite fermions in a nutshell; 8.3 Experimental proof for the existence of composite fermions.