title: Towards Bose-Einstein condensation of semiconductor excitons: the biexciton polarization effect.
abstract: We theoretically predict a strong influence of stimulated exciton-exciton scattering on semiconductor luminescence. The stimulated scattering causes circularly polarized instead of unpolarized emission at the biexciton emission line in a degenerate gas of partly spin polarized excitons. The biexciton polarization effect increases with increasing exciton densities and decreasing temperatures and approaches almost unity in the ultimate case of Bose-Einstein condensation. Time- and polarization-resolved luminescence measurements evidence the biexciton polarization effect both in ZnSe and GaAs quantum wells.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Festkörperphysik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstrasse 2, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hägele
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfalz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oestreich