Title :
Supersolid in thermal phase diagram of symmetric electron-hole semiconductor bilayer
Author_Institution :
Micro & Nano Technol. Lab., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
One of the most fascinating phases of matter is the supersolid phase. The supersolid phase of matter juxtaposes two a priori conflicting physical properties: a long range ordered structure phase and non vanishing superfluid transport properties [1]. Recently, it has been the focus of intense research as there have been experimental reports which claim to observe a supersolid phase in 4He[2] through the observation of enhancements in the resonant period of their torsional oscillator as the system is cooled. However, the large superfluid mass fraction[2] observed appears to favor a solid amorphous structure, a superglass phase, rather than the desired supersolid phase[3], [4].
Keywords :
long-range order; phase diagrams; semiconductor materials; superfluid helium-4; long range ordered structure; solid amorphous structure; superfluid mass fraction; superfluid transport properties; superglass phase; supersolid phase; symmetric electron-hole semiconductor bilayer; thermal phase diagram; torsional oscillator; Correlation; Crystals; Effective mass; Excitons; Optical wavelength conversion; Windings;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Electronics (IWCE), 2010 14th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9383-8
DOI :
10.1109/IWCE.2010.5677914