Problems of Condensed Matter Physics Quantum coherence phenomena in electron-hole and coupled matter-light systems International Series of Monographs on Physics Series, Vol. 139

This book is dedicated to Professor Leonid V Keldysh. His brilliant contributions to condensed matter physics include the Franz-Keldysh effect, an electron-hole liquid, the nonequilibrium (Keldysh) diagram technique, Bose-Einstein condensation (of excitons) and a ``metal-dielectric'' transition, acoustically-induced superlattices, multi-photon transitions and impact ionization in solids. In many respects, his work influenced and formed the paradigm of modern condensed matter physics. As a result, many famous researchers in the field have enthusiastically provided unique contributions to the book.

Recollections. Once again on the Physical Minimum. Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanostructures and Light-Matter Interaction. The acoustic-wave driven quantum processor. On the problem of many-body localization. Raman scattering by LO phonons in semiconductors: the role of the Franz-Keldysh effect. Phenomena in cold exciton gases: from theory to experiments. Composite Fermions and Fractional Quantum Hall effect in two-dimensional electron system. Microcavities with quantum dots: weak and strong coupling regimes. Dynamics of cold excitons and electron-hole ensembles in direct-gap semiconductors studied by mid-infrared pump and probe spectroscopy. Exciton Coherence. Inelastic Light Scattering by Low-lying Excitations of Quantum Hall Fluids. Remarks on Surface-atoms Forces in London and Lifshitz Limits. Modern trends in semiconductor spintronics. Excitonic insulators, electron-hole liquids and metal-insulator transitions. Electron--hole liquid in semiconductors. Collective state of interwell excitons in double quantum wells heterostructures. Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons: Promise and disappointment. Acoustically induced superlattices: from photons and electrons to excitons and polaritons. Inelastic tunneling spectroscopy of single surface adsorbed molecules.

Alexei L. Ivanov School of Physics and Astronomy Cardiff University Employment History: Research staff member of Physics Department of Moscow State University, 1984-1991 Research associate of Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Frankfurt am Main, 1991-1997 Research associate of Theory Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, 1998-1999 Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 1999-2003 Personal Chair - Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 2003 - present time. Sergei G. Tikhodeev A M Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Employment History: Since 1997, Head of Nanostructures theory laboratory, A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia 1988 - 1996, Leading Scientist, General Physics Institute 1983 - 1988 Senior Scientist, General Physics Institute 1975 - 1983 Research Associate, I.E.Tamm Theory Department, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute AS USSR, Moscow