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Exciton–polariton condensates

Exciton-mediated superconductivity

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Laser-generated exciton–polariton condensates in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures may trigger Cooper pairing of electrons and induce high-temperature superconductivity.

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Figure 1: Schematic structure proposed for the observation of the exciton-mediated superconductivity2.

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  1. Russia and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Alexey Kavokin is at the Spin Optics Laboratory, St-Petersburg State University, St-Petersburg, 198505, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK,

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  2. Pavlos Lagoudakis is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK,

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Kavokin, A., Lagoudakis, P. Exciton-mediated superconductivity. Nature Mater 15, 599–600 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4646

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