Superconductivity induced by strong electron-exciton coupling in doped atomically thin semiconductor heterostructures

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Autores principales: von Milczewski, Jonas, Chen, Xin, Imamoglu, Atac, Schmidt, Richard
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Publicado: 2023
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author von Milczewski, Jonas
Chen, Xin
Imamoglu, Atac
Schmidt, Richard
author_facet von Milczewski, Jonas
Chen, Xin
Imamoglu, Atac
Schmidt, Richard
contents We study a mechanism to induce superconductivity in atomically thin semiconductors where excitons mediate an effective attraction between electrons. Our model includes interaction effects beyond the paradigm of phonon-mediated superconductivity and connects to the well-established limits of Bose and Fermi polarons. By accounting for the strong-coupling physics of trions, we find that the effective electron-exciton interaction develops a strong frequency and momentum dependence accompanied by the system undergoing an emerging BCS-BEC crossover from weakly bound $s$-wave Cooper pairs to a superfluid of bipolarons. Even at strong-coupling the bipolarons remain relatively light, resulting in critical temperatures of up to 10\% of the Fermi temperature. This renders heterostructures of two-dimensional materials a promising candidate to realize superconductivity at high critical temperatures set by electron doping and trion binding energies.
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spellingShingle Superconductivity induced by strong electron-exciton coupling in doped atomically thin semiconductor heterostructures
von Milczewski, Jonas
Chen, Xin
Imamoglu, Atac
Schmidt, Richard
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
We study a mechanism to induce superconductivity in atomically thin semiconductors where excitons mediate an effective attraction between electrons. Our model includes interaction effects beyond the paradigm of phonon-mediated superconductivity and connects to the well-established limits of Bose and Fermi polarons. By accounting for the strong-coupling physics of trions, we find that the effective electron-exciton interaction develops a strong frequency and momentum dependence accompanied by the system undergoing an emerging BCS-BEC crossover from weakly bound $s$-wave Cooper pairs to a superfluid of bipolarons. Even at strong-coupling the bipolarons remain relatively light, resulting in critical temperatures of up to 10\% of the Fermi temperature. This renders heterostructures of two-dimensional materials a promising candidate to realize superconductivity at high critical temperatures set by electron doping and trion binding energies.
title Superconductivity induced by strong electron-exciton coupling in doped atomically thin semiconductor heterostructures
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.10726