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The Exciton and Excitonic Molecule in Cuprous Halides

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Excitonic Processes in Solids

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Abstract

The exciton in cuprous halides has a large binding energy and this makes it possible to realize the high-density exciton state in wide temperature regions. The CuCl crystal is the first case where the excitonic molecule (EM) has been found to be created through exciton-exciton collisions. The EM is annihilated radiatively leaving an exciton behind. It can also be created directly through two-photon excitation with giant oscillator strength. Raman scattering to the exciton states occurs simultaneously with the generation of a real EM. In the case of resonant excitation the Raman scattering and luminescence processes coexist. The redistribution of EMs, after being created with a definite wave vector by the two-photon excitation, has been clarified through the line-shape analysis of the luminescence bands in the backward and forward scattering configurations. A technique called stepwise two-photon excitation is found to be effective for the creation of EMs of large wave vector and for the determination of the spatial dispersions of the exciton and EM.

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  1. Professor Dr. Masayasu Ueta

    Present address: Department of Physics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto 603, Japan

  2. Professor Dr. Hiroshi Kanzaki

    Present address: Fuji Film Research Lab., Minami-Ashigara, Kanagawa 250-01, Japan

  3. Professor Dr. Koichi Kobayashi

    Present address: College of Liberal Arts, Toyama University, Toyama 930, Japan

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  1. Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan

    Professor Dr. Masayasu Ueta

  2. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan

    Professor Dr. Hiroshi Kanzaki, Professor Dr. Koichi Kobayashi & Professor Dr. Yutaka Toyozawa

  3. Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Professor Dr. Eiichi Hanamura

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Ueta, M., Kanzaki, H., Kobayashi, K., Toyozawa, Y., Hanamura, E. (1986). The Exciton and Excitonic Molecule in Cuprous Halides. In: Excitonic Processes in Solids. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82602-3_3

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