title: Exciton-polariton mediated superconductivity.
abstract: We revisit the exciton mechanism of superconductivity in the framework of microcavity physics, replacing virtual excitons as a binding agent of Cooper pairs by excitations of an exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensate. We consider a model microcavity where a quantum well with a two-dimensional electron gas is sandwiched between two undoped quantum wells, where a polariton condensate is formed. We show that the critical temperature for superconductivity dramatically increases with the condensate population, opening a new route towards high-temperature superconductivity.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO171BJ, United Kingtom.
authors.forename: Fabrice P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Laussy
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kavokin
authors.forename: Ivan A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Shelykh