Excitonic Condensation in an Asymmetric Electron-Hole Biwire

Abstract

We study a mass-asymmetric one-dimensional electron-hole biwire system at zero temperature using the diffusion quantum Monte Carlo method. Pair correlation functions and condensate fraction are obtained over a wide range of carrier densities $r_{\rm s}$ and interwire separations $d$, allowing us to construct the phase diagram. We identify regimes corresponding to a two-component electron-hole plasma, an excitonic fluid with quasicondensation, and a Wigner-correlated phase at various densities. Owing to reduced dimensionality, strong electron-hole correlations favor excitonic quasicondensation even in the high-density limit, persisting down to $r_{\rm s} = 0.3$ a.u. These results provide a microscopic characterization of correlation-driven phases in electron-hole systems in one dimension.