This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot(talk | contribs) at 20:15, 2 December 2019(Add: pmid, pages, issue, volume. Removed URL that duplicated unique identifier. Removed accessdate with no specified URL. Formatted dashes. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here.| Activated by User:Nemo bis | via #UCB_webform). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 20:15, 2 December 2019 by Citation bot(talk | contribs)(Add: pmid, pages, issue, volume. Removed URL that duplicated unique identifier. Removed accessdate with no specified URL. Formatted dashes. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here.| Activated by User:Nemo bis | via #UCB_webform)
A dropleton or quantum droplet is a quasiparticle comprising a collection of electrons and holes inside a semiconductor. Dropletons give the first known quasiparticle characterization where the quasiparticle behaves like a liquid.[1] The creation of dropletons was announced on 26 February 2014 in a Nature article, which presented evidence for the creation of dropletons in an electron–holeplasma inside a gallium arsenidequantum well by ultrashort laser pulses.[2] Their existence was not predicted before the experiment.
Despite the relatively short lifetime of about 25 picoseconds, the dropletons are stable enough to be studied[1] and possess favorable properties for certain investigations of quantum mechanics. They are approximately 200 nanometers wide, the size of the smallest bacteria, for which reason the discoverers have expressed hope that they might one day actually see quantum droplets.[1]
^A. E. Almand-Hunter; H. Li; S. T. Cundiff; M. Mootz; M. Kira; S. W. Koch (26 February 2014). "Quantum droplets of electrons and holes". Nature. 506 (7489): 471–475. Bibcode:2014Natur.506..471A. doi:10.1038/nature12994. PMID24572422. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
