Dipole crystals in two-dimensional systems

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Abstract

A two-dimensional (2D) interacting gas of excitons in a system with spatially separated electron-hole layers crystallizes at low densities into a 2D crystal. In this work, we study the properties of such a lattice for a gas of polarized excitons in the classical regime. The dipoles are assumed to be in the xy plane, while being constrained or 'polarized' in the z direction. We calculate the groundstate energy of the 2D dipole crystal, at a constant number density, for all 2D Bravais lattices. We find that, similarly to the case of point charges, the hexagonal lattice has the lowest energy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)280-285
Number of pages6
Journalphysica status solidi (b)
Volume233
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2002
Externally publishedYes

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