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Ferguson GM, Xiao R, Richardella AR, Low D, Samarth N, Nowack KC. Direct visualization of electronic transport in a quantum anomalous Hall insulator. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:1100-1105. [PMID: 37537357 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01622-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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A quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator is characterized by quantized Hall and vanishing longitudinal resistances at zero magnetic field that are protected against local perturbations and independent of sample details. This insensitivity makes the microscopic details of the local current distribution inaccessible to global transport measurements. Accordingly, the current distributions that give rise to transport quantization are unknown. Here we use magnetic imaging to directly visualize the transport current in the QAH regime. As we tune through the QAH plateau by electrostatic gating, we clearly identify a regime in which the sample transports current primarily in the bulk rather than along the edges. Furthermore, we image the local response of equilibrium magnetization to electrostatic gating. Combined, these measurements suggest that the current flows through incompressible regions whose spatial structure can change throughout the QAH regime. Identification of the appropriate microscopic picture of electronic transport in QAH insulators and other topologically non-trivial states of matter is a crucial step towards realizing their potential in next-generation quantum devices.
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- G M Ferguson
- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid-State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid-State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid-State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Lesne E, Saǧlam YG, Battilomo R, Mercaldo MT, van Thiel TC, Filippozzi U, Noce C, Cuoco M, Steele GA, Ortix C, Caviglia AD. Designing spin and orbital sources of Berry curvature at oxide interfaces. NATURE MATERIALS 2023; 22:576-582. [PMID: 36928382 PMCID: PMC10156604 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01498-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Quantum materials can display physical phenomena rooted in the geometry of electronic wavefunctions. The corresponding geometric tensor is characterized by an emergent field known as the Berry curvature (BC). Large BCs typically arise when electronic states with different spin, orbital or sublattice quantum numbers hybridize at finite crystal momentum. In all the materials known to date, the BC is triggered by the hybridization of a single type of quantum number. Here we report the discovery of the first material system having both spin- and orbital-sourced BC: LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces grown along the [111] direction. We independently detect these two sources and probe the BC associated to the spin quantum number through the measurements of an anomalous planar Hall effect. The observation of a nonlinear Hall effect with time-reversal symmetry signals large orbital-mediated BC dipoles. The coexistence of different forms of BC enables the combination of spintronic and optoelectronic functionalities in a single material.
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- Edouard Lesne
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany.
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E. R. Caianiello', Universitá di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- CNR-SPIN c/o Universita' di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Center for Extreme Matter and Emergent Phenomena, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E. R. Caianiello', Universitá di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.
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- Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Mahatara S, Thapa S, Paik H, Comes R, Kiefer B. High Mobility Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at the BaSnO 3/SrNbO 3 Interface. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:45025-45031. [PMID: 36149756 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c12195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Oxide two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) promise high charge carrier concentrations and low-loss electronic transport in semiconductors such as BaSnO3 (BSO). ACBN0 computations for BSO/SrNbO3 (SNO) interfaces show Nb-4d electron injection into extended Sn-5s electronic states. The conduction band minimum consists of Sn-5s states ∼1.2 eV below the Fermi level for intermediate thickness 6-unit cell BSO/6-unit cell SNO superlattices, corresponding to an electron density in BSO of ∼1021 cm-3. Experimental studies of analogous BSO/SNO interfaces grown by molecular beam epitaxy confirm significant charge transfer from SNO to BSO. In situ angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies show an electron density of ∼4 × 1021 cm-3. The consistency of theory and experiments show that BSO/SNO interfaces provide a novel materials platform for low loss electron transport in 2DEGs.
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- Sharad Mahatara
- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, 1255 N Horseshoe, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001, United States
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- Department of Physics, Auburn University, 380 Duncan Drive, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM), Cornell University, 210 Bard Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Department of Physics, Auburn University, 380 Duncan Drive, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, 1255 N Horseshoe, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001, United States
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Zheng D, Zhang J, He X, Wen Y, Li P, Wang Y, Ma Y, Bai H, Alshareef HN, Zhang XX. Electrically and optically erasable non-volatile two-dimensional electron gas memory. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:12339-12346. [PMID: 35971909 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr01582j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) generated at the interface between two wide-band insulators, LaAlO3 (LAO) and SrTiO3 (STO), is an extensively researched topic. In this study, we have successfully realized reversible switching between metallic and insulating states of the 2DEG system via the application of optical illumination and positive pulse voltage induced by the introduction of oxygen vacancies as reservoirs for electrons. The positive pulse voltage irreversibly drives the electron to the defect energy level formed by the oxygen vacancies, which leads to the formation of the insulating state. Subsequently, the metallic state can be achieved via optical illumination, which excites the trapped electron back to the 2DEG potential well. The ON/OFF state is observed to be robust with a ratio exceeding 106; therefore, the interface can be used as an electrically and optically erasable non-volatile 2DEG memory.
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- Dongxing Zheng
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Processing Technology, Institute of Advanced Materials Physics, Faculty of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
- Key Laboratory of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Processing Technology, Institute of Advanced Materials Physics, Faculty of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Processing Technology, Institute of Advanced Materials Physics, Faculty of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Yu M, Liu C, Yang D, Yan X, Du Q, Fong DD, Bhattacharya A, Irvin P, Levy J. Nanoscale Control of the Metal-Insulator Transition at LaAlO 3/KTaO 3 Interfaces. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:6062-6068. [PMID: 35862274 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent reports of superconductivity at KTaO3 (KTO) (110) and (111) interfaces have sparked intense interest due to the relatively high critical temperature as well as other properties that distinguish this system from the more extensively studied SrTiO3 (STO)-based heterostructures. Here, we report the reconfigurable creation of conducting structures at intrinsically insulating LaAlO3/KTO(110) and (111) interfaces. Devices are created using two distinct methods previously developed for STO-based heterostructures: (1) conductive atomic-force microscopy lithography and (2) ultralow-voltage electron-beam lithography. At low temperatures, KTO(110)-based devices show superconductivity that is tunable by an applied back gate. A one-dimensional nanowire device shows single-electron-transistor (SET) behavior. A KTO(111)-based device is metallic but does not become superconducting. These reconfigurable methods of creating nanoscale devices in KTO-based heterostructures offer new avenues for investigating mechanisms of superconductivity as well as development of quantum devices that incorporate strong spin-orbit interactions, superconducting behavior, and nanoscale dimensions.
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- Muqing Yu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
- Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Mallik S, Ménard GC, Saïz G, Witt H, Lesueur J, Gloter A, Benfatto L, Bibes M, Bergeal N. Superfluid stiffness of a KTaO 3-based two-dimensional electron gas. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4625. [PMID: 35941153 PMCID: PMC9360446 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32242-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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After almost twenty years of intense work on the celebrated LaAlO3/SrTiO3system, the recent discovery of a superconducting two-dimensional electron gas (2-DEG) in (111)-oriented KTaO3-based heterostructures injects new momentum to the field of oxides interface. However, while both interfaces share common properties, experiments also suggest important differences between the two systems. Here, we report gate tunable superconductivity in 2-DEGs generated at the surface of a (111)-oriented KTaO3 crystal by the simple sputtering of a thin Al layer. We extract the superfluid stiffness of the 2-DEGs and show that its temperature dependence is consistent with a node-less superconducting order parameter having a gap value larger than expected within a simple BCS weak-coupling limit model. The superconducting transition follows the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless scenario, which was not reported on SrTiO3-based interfaces. Our finding offers innovative perspectives for fundamental science but also for device applications in a variety of fields such as spin-orbitronics and topological electronics.
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- S Mallik
- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91767, Palaiseau, France.,Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS UMR 8502, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics and ISC-CNR, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
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Mikheev E, Zimmerling T, Estry A, Moll PJW, Goldhaber-Gordon D. Ionic Liquid Gating of SrTiO 3 Lamellas Fabricated with a Focused Ion Beam. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:3872-3878. [PMID: 35576585 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this work, we combine two previously incompatible techniques for defining electronic devices: shaping three-dimensional crystals by focused ion beam (FIB), and two-dimensional electrostatic accumulation of charge carriers. The principal challenge for this integration is nanometer-scale surface damage inherent to any FIB-based fabrication. We address this by using a sacrificial protective layer to preserve a selected pristine surface. The test case presented here is accumulation of 2D carriers by ionic liquid gating at the surface of a micron-scale SrTiO3 lamella. Preservation of surface quality is reflected in superconductivity of the accumulated carriers. This technique opens new avenues for realizing electrostatic charge tuning in materials that are not available as large or exfoliatable single crystals, and for patterning the geometry of the accumulated carriers.
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- Evgeny Mikheev
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Laboratory of Quantum Materials (QMAT), Institute of Materials (IMX), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
- Laboratory of Quantum Materials (QMAT), Institute of Materials (IMX), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Kwak Y, Han W, Lee JS, Song J, Kim J. Hysteretic temperature dependence of resistance controlled by gate voltage in LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 heterointerface electron system. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6458. [PMID: 35440752 PMCID: PMC9019089 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10425-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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For two-dimensional electron gas device applications, it is important to understand how electrical-transport properties are controlled by gate voltage. Here, we report gate voltage-controllable hysteresis in the resistance–temperature characteristics of two-dimensional electron gas at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerface. Electron channels made of the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerface showed hysteretic resistance–temperature behavior: the measured resistance was significantly higher during upward temperature sweeps in thermal cycling tests. Such hysteretic behavior was observed only after application of positive back-gate voltages below 50 K in the thermal cycle, and the magnitude of hysteresis increased with the applied back-gate voltage. To explain this gate-controlled resistance hysteresis, we propose a mechanism based on electron trapping at impurity sites, in conjunction with the strong temperature-dependent dielectric constant of the SrTiO3 substrate. Our model explains well the observed gate-controlled hysteresis of the resistance–temperature characteristics, and the mechanism should be also applicable to other SrTiO3-based oxide systems, paving the way to applications of oxide heterostructures to electronic devices.
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- Yongsu Kwak
- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea.,Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea
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- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea.,Department of Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
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- Display and Semiconductor Physics, Korea University Sejong Campus, Sejong, 30019, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea. .,Institute of Quantum Systems (IQS), Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, South Korea.
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- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea.
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Mallik S, Ménard GC, Saïz G, Gilmutdinov I, Vignolles D, Proust C, Gloter A, Bergeal N, Gabay M, Bibes M. From Low-Field Sondheimer Oscillations to High-Field Very Large and Linear Magnetoresistance in a SrTiO 3-Based Two-Dimensional Electron Gas. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:65-72. [PMID: 34914397 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Quantum materials harbor a cornucopia of exotic transport phenomena challenging our understanding of condensed matter. Among these, a giant, nonsaturating linear magnetoresistance (MR) has been reported in various systems, from Weyl semimetals to topological insulators. Its origin is often ascribed to unusual band structure effects, but it may also be caused by extrinsic sample disorder. Here, we report a very large linear MR in a SrTiO3 two-dimensional electron gas and, by combining transport measurements with electron spectromicroscopy, show that it is caused by nanoscale inhomogeneities that are self-organized during sample growth. Our data also reveal semiclassical Sondheimer oscillations arising from interferences between helicoidal electron trajectories, from which we determine the 2DEG thickness. Our results bring insight into the origin of linear MR in quantum materials, expand the range of functionalities of oxide 2DEGs, and suggest exciting routes to explore the interaction of linear MR with features like Rashba spin-orbit coupling.
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- Srijani Mallik
- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSA-T, UPS, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSA-T, UPS, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- LNCMI-EMFL, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSA-T, UPS, 31400 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS UMR 8502, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS UMR 8502, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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Mikheev E, Rosen IT, Goldhaber-Gordon D. Quantized critical supercurrent in SrTiO 3-based quantum point contacts. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabi6520. [PMID: 34597141 PMCID: PMC10938545 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi6520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Superconductivity in SrTiO3 occurs at remarkably low carrier densities and therefore, unlike conventional superconductors, can be controlled by electrostatic gates. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale weak links connecting superconducting leads, all within a single material, SrTiO3. Ionic liquid gating accumulates carriers in the leads, and local electrostatic gates are tuned to open the weak link. These devices behave as superconducting quantum point contacts with a quantized critical supercurrent. This is a milestone toward establishing SrTiO3 as a single-material platform for mesoscopic superconducting transport experiments that also intrinsically contains the necessary ingredients to engineer topological superconductivity.
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- Evgeny Mikheev
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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Krantz PW, Chandrasekhar V. Observation of Zero-Field Transverse Resistance in AlO_{x}/SrTiO_{3} Interface Devices. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:036801. [PMID: 34328768 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.036801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Domain walls in AlO_{x}/SrTiO_{3} (AlO_{x}/STO) interface devices at low temperatures give a rise to a new signature in the electrical transport of two-dimensional carrier gases formed at the surfaces or interfaces of STO-based heterostructures: a finite transverse resistance observed in Hall bars in zero external magnetic field. This transverse resistance depends on the local domain wall configuration and hence changes with temperature, gate voltage, thermal cycling, and position along the sample and can even change sign as a function of these parameters. The transverse resistance is observed below ≃70 K but grows and changes significantly below ≃40 K, the temperature at which the domain walls become increasingly polar. Surprisingly, the transverse resistance is much larger in (111) oriented heterostructures in comparison to (001) oriented heterostructures. Measurements of the capacitance between the conducting interface and an electrode applied to the substrate, which reflect the dielectric constant of the STO, indicate that this difference may be related to the greater variation of the temperature-dependent dielectric constant with electric field when the electric field is applied in the [111] direction. The finite transverse resistance can be explained inhomogeneous current flow due to the preferential transport of current along domain walls that are askew to the nominal direction of the injected current.
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- P W Krantz
- Department of Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Gate-tuned anomalous Hall effect driven by Rashba splitting in intermixed LaAlO 3/GdTiO 3/SrTiO 3. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10726. [PMID: 34021190 PMCID: PMC8140084 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89767-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The Anomalous Hall Effect (AHE) is an important quantity in determining the properties and understanding the behaviour of the two-dimensional electron system forming at the interface of SrTiO3-based oxide heterostructures. The occurrence of AHE is often interpreted as a signature of ferromagnetism, but it is becoming more and more clear that also paramagnets may contribute to AHE. We studied the influence of magnetic ions by measuring intermixed LaAlO3/GdTiO3/SrTiO3 at temperatures below 10 K. We find that, as function of gate voltage, the system undergoes a Lifshitz transition while at the same time an onset of AHE is observed. However, we do not observe clear signs of ferromagnetism. We argue the AHE to be due to the change in Rashba spin-orbit coupling at the Lifshitz transition and conclude that also paramagnetic moments which are easily polarizable at low temperatures and high magnetic fields lead to the presence of AHE, which needs to be taken into account when extracting carrier densities and mobilities.
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Chikina A, Christensen DV, Borisov V, Husanu MA, Chen Y, Wang X, Schmitt T, Radovic M, Nagaosa N, Mishchenko AS, Valentí R, Pryds N, Strocov VN. Band-Order Anomaly at the γ-Al 2O 3/SrTiO 3 Interface Drives the Electron-Mobility Boost. ACS NANO 2021; 15:4347-4356. [PMID: 33661601 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The rich functionalities of transition-metal oxides and their interfaces bear an enormous technological potential. Its realization in practical devices requires, however, a significant improvement of yet relatively low electron mobility in oxide materials. Recently, a mobility boost of about 2 orders of magnitude has been demonstrated at the spinel-perovskite γ-Al2O3/SrTiO3 interface compared to the paradigm perovskite-perovskite LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface. We explore the fundamental physics behind this phenomenon from direct measurements of the momentum-resolved electronic structure of this interface using resonant soft-X-ray angle-resolved photoemission. We find an anomaly in orbital ordering of the mobile electrons in γ-Al2O3/SrTiO3 which depopulates electron states in the top SrTiO3 layer. This rearrangement of the mobile electron system pushes the electron density away from the interface, which reduces its overlap with the interfacial defects and weakens the electron-phonon interaction, both effects contributing to the mobility boost. A crystal-field analysis shows that the band order alters owing to the symmetry breaking between the spinel γ-Al2O3 and perovskite SrTiO3. Band-order engineering, exploiting the fundamental symmetry properties, emerges as another route to boost the performance of oxide devices.
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- Alla Chikina
- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 5120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
- National Institute of Materials Physics, Atomistilor 405A, 077125 Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland
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Gréboval C, Chu A, Goubet N, Livache C, Ithurria S, Lhuillier E. Mercury Chalcogenide Quantum Dots: Material Perspective for Device Integration. Chem Rev 2021; 121:3627-3700. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Charlie Gréboval
- CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, Sorbonne Université, F-75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, Sorbonne Université, F-75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de la Molécule aux Nano-objets; Réactivité, Interactions et Spectroscopies, MONARIS, Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu, Case Courier 840, F-75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, Sorbonne Université, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI-Paris, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR 8213, 10 rue Vauquelin 75005 Paris, France
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- CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, Sorbonne Université, F-75005 Paris, France
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Lebedev N, Stehno M, Rana A, Gauquelin N, Verbeeck J, Brinkman A, Aarts J. Inhomogeneous superconductivity and quasilinear magnetoresistance at amorphous LaTiO 3/SrTiO 3 interfaces. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 33:055001. [PMID: 33169729 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abc102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We have studied the transport properties of LaTiO3/SrTiO3 (LTO/STO) heterostructures. In spite of 2D growth observed in reflection high energy electron diffraction, transmission electron microscopy images revealed that the samples tend to amorphize. Still, we observe that the structures are conducting, and some of them exhibit high conductance and/or superconductivity. We established that conductivity arises mainly on the STO side of the interface, and shows all the signs of the two-dimensional electron gas usually observed at interfaces between STO and LTO or LaAlO3, including the presence of two electron bands and tunability with a gate voltage. Analysis of magnetoresistance (MR) and superconductivity indicates the presence of spatial fluctuations of the electronic properties in our samples. That can explain the observed quasilinear out-of-plane MR, as well as various features of the in-plane MR and the observed superconductivity.
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- N Lebedev
- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Zwiebler M, Di Gennaro E, Hamann-Borrero JE, Ritschel T, Green RJ, Sawatzky GA, Schierle E, Weschke E, Leo A, Granozio FM, Geck J. Transition from a uni- to a bimodal interfacial charge distribution in [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] upon cooling. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18359. [PMID: 33110119 PMCID: PMC7591581 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74364-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We present a combined resonant soft X-ray reflectivity and electric transport study of [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] field effect devices. The depth profiles with atomic layer resolution that are obtained from the resonant reflectivity reveal a pronounced temperature dependence of the two-dimensional electron liquid at the [Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text] interface. At room temperature the corresponding electrons are located close to the interface, extending down to 4 unit cells into the [Formula: see text] substrate. Upon cooling, however, these interface electrons assume a bimodal depth distribution: They spread out deeper into the [Formula: see text] and split into two distinct parts, namely one close to the interface with a thickness of about 4 unit cells and another centered around 9 unit cells from the interface. The results are consistent with theoretical predictions based on oxygen vacancies at the surface of the [Formula: see text] film and support the notion of a complex interplay between structural and electronic degrees of freedom.
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- M. Zwiebler
- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica “E. Pancini”, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
- CNR-SPIN, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1 Canada
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E2 Canada
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- Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1 Canada
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, BESSY, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, BESSY, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica “E. R. Caianiello”, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
- CNR-SPIN, Campus di Fisciano-Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- CNR-SPIN, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
- Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Tuvia G, Frenkel Y, Rout PK, Silber I, Kalisky B, Dagan Y. Ferroelectric Exchange Bias Affects Interfacial Electronic States. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2000216. [PMID: 32510654 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202000216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In polar oxide interfaces phenomena such as superconductivity, magnetism, 1D conductivity, and quantum Hall states can emerge at the polar discontinuity. Combining controllable ferroelectricity at such interfaces can affect the superconducting properties and sheds light on the mutual effects between the polar oxide and the ferroelectric oxide. Here, the interface between the polar oxide LaAlO3 and the ferroelectric Ca-doped SrTiO3 is studied by means of electrical transport combined with local imaging of the current flow with the use of scanning a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). Anomalous behavior of the interface resistivity is observed at low temperatures. The scanning SQUID maps of the current flow suggest that this behavior originates from an intrinsic bias induced by the polar LaAlO3 layer. Such intrinsic bias combined with ferroelectricity can constrain the possible structural domain tiling near the interface. The use of this intrinsic bias is recommended as a method of controlling and tuning the initial state of ferroelectric materials by the design of the polar structure. The hysteretic dependence of the normal and the superconducting state properties on gate voltage can be utilized in multifaceted controllable memory devices.
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- Gal Tuvia
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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Noël P, Trier F, Vicente Arche LM, Bréhin J, Vaz DC, Garcia V, Fusil S, Barthélémy A, Vila L, Bibes M, Attané JP. Non-volatile electric control of spin-charge conversion in a SrTiO 3 Rashba system. Nature 2020; 580:483-486. [PMID: 32322081 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2197-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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After 50 years of development, the technology of today's electronics is approaching its physical limits, with feature sizes smaller than 10 nanometres. It is also becoming clear that the ever-increasing power consumption of information and communication systems1 needs to be contained. These two factors require the introduction of non-traditional materials and state variables. As recently highlighted2, the remanence associated with collective switching in ferroic systems is an appealing way to reduce power consumption. A promising approach is spintronics, which relies on ferromagnets to provide non-volatility and to generate and detect spin currents3. However, magnetization reversal by spin transfer torques4 is a power-consuming process. This is driving research on multiferroics to achieve low-power electric-field control of magnetization5, but practical materials are scarce and magnetoelectric switching remains difficult to control. Here we demonstrate an alternative strategy to achieve low-power spin detection, in a non-magnetic system. We harness the electric-field-induced ferroelectric-like state of strontium titanate (SrTiO3)6-9 to manipulate the spin-orbit properties10 of a two-dimensional electron gas11, and efficiently convert spin currents into positive or negative charge currents, depending on the polarization direction. This non-volatile effect opens the way to the electric-field control of spin currents and to ultralow-power spintronics, in which non-volatility would be provided by ferroelectricity rather than by ferromagnetism.
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- Paul Noël
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Spintec, Grenoble, France.,ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France.,CIC Nanogune, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France.,Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Spintec, Grenoble, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France.
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Yin C, Smink AEM, Leermakers I, Tang LMK, Lebedev N, Zeitler U, van der Wiel WG, Hilgenkamp H, Aarts J. Electron Trapping Mechanism in LaAlO_{3}/SrTiO_{3} Heterostructures. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:017702. [PMID: 31976734 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.017702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In LaAlO_{3}/SrTiO_{3} heterostructures, a still poorly understood phenomenon is that of electron trapping in back-gating experiments. Here, by combining magnetotransport measurements and self-consistent Schrödinger-Poisson calculations, we obtain an empirical relation between the amount of trapped electrons and the gate voltage. The amount of trapped electrons decays exponentially away from the interface. However, contrary to earlier observations, we find that the Fermi level remains well within the quantum well. The enhanced trapping of electrons induced by the gate voltage can therefore not be explained by a thermal escape mechanism. Further gate sweeping experiments strengthen that conclusion. We propose a new mechanism which involves the electromigration and clustering of oxygen vacancies in SrTiO_{3} and argue that such electron trapping is a universal phenomenon in SrTiO_{3}-based two-dimensional electron systems.
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- Chunhai Yin
- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML-EMFL), Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Trier F, Vaz DC, Bruneel P, Noël P, Fert A, Vila L, Attané JP, Barthélémy A, Gabay M, Jaffrès H, Bibes M. Electric-Field Control of Spin Current Generation and Detection in Ferromagnet-Free SrTiO 3-Based Nanodevices. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:395-401. [PMID: 31859513 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Spintronics entails the generation, transport, manipulation and detection of spin currents, usually in hybrid architectures comprising interfaces whose impact on performance is detrimental. In addition, how spins are generated and detected is generally material specific and determined by the electronic structure. Here, we demonstrate spin current generation, transport and electrical detection, all within a single non-magnetic material system: a SrTiO3 two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We show that the spin current is generated from a charge current by the 2D spin Hall effect, transported through a channel and reconverted into a charge current by the inverse 2D spin Hall effect. Furthermore, by adjusting the Fermi energy with a gate voltage we tune the generated and detected spin polarization and relate it to the complex multiorbital band structure of the 2DEG. We discuss the leading mechanisms of the spin-charge interconversion processes and argue for the potential of quantum oxide materials for future all-electrical low-power spin-based logic.
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- Felix Trier
- Unité Mixte de Physique , CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91767 Palaiseau , France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique , CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91767 Palaiseau , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides UMR 8502 , Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91405 Orsay , France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Spintec , 38000 Grenoble , France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique , CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91767 Palaiseau , France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Spintec , 38000 Grenoble , France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique , CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91767 Palaiseau , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides UMR 8502 , Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91405 Orsay , France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique , CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91767 Palaiseau , France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique , CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay , 91767 Palaiseau , France
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Singh G, Jouan A, Herranz G, Scigaj M, Sánchez F, Benfatto L, Caprara S, Grilli M, Saiz G, Couëdo F, Feuillet-Palma C, Lesueur J, Bergeal N. Gap suppression at a Lifshitz transition in a multi-condensate superconductor. NATURE MATERIALS 2019; 18:948-954. [PMID: 31086324 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0354-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In multi-orbital materials, superconductivity can exhibit several coupled condensates. In this context, quantum confinement in two-dimensional superconducting oxide interfaces offers new degrees of freedom to engineer the band structure and selectively control the occupancy of 3d orbitals by electrostatic doping. Here, we use resonant microwave transport to extract the superfluid stiffness of the (110)-oriented LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface in the entire phase diagram. We provide evidence of a transition from single-condensate to two-condensate superconductivity driven by continuous and reversible electrostatic doping, which we relate to the Lifshitz transition between 3d bands based on numerical simulations of the quantum well. We find that the superconducting gap is suppressed while the second band is populated, challenging Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory. We ascribe this behaviour to the existence of superconducting order parameters with opposite signs in the two condensates due to repulsive coupling. Our findings offer an innovative perspective on the possibility to tune and control multiple-orbital physics in superconducting interfaces.
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- G Singh
- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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- Institut de Ciéncia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Ciéncia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Ciéncia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), UOS Sapienza, Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', Roma, Italy
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- Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), UOS Sapienza, Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', Roma, Italy
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- Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), UOS Sapienza, Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', Roma, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France.
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Université, Paris, France.
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Barone C, Mauro C, Sambri A, Scotti di Uccio U, Pagano S. Conductivity response of amorphous oxide interfaces to pulsed light illumination. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:254005. [PMID: 30889555 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab110d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) formed at oxide interfaces show a large variety of functional properties of major physical interest. Here, the peculiar electric transport behavior of the 2DEG formed at the LGO/STO oxide interface is studied under the application of light pulses of different amplitude, duration, and repetition rate, and by varying the sample temperature from 8 to 300 K. The experimental results evidence a persistent photoconductivity, intimately related to the complex physics of this system. These findings suggest the possibility of using the oxide interfaces for advanced applications as, for example, energy conversion or information storage.
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- C Barone
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' and CNR-SPIN Salerno, Università di Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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Veit MJ, Arras R, Ramshaw BJ, Pentcheva R, Suzuki Y. Nonzero Berry phase in quantum oscillations from giant Rashba-type spin splitting in LaTiO 3/SrTiO 3 heterostructures. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1458. [PMID: 29654231 PMCID: PMC5899139 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04014-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The manipulation of the spin degrees of freedom in a solid has been of fundamental and technological interest recently for developing high-speed, low-power computational devices. There has been much work focused on developing highly spin-polarized materials and understanding their behavior when incorporated into so-called spintronic devices. These devices usually require spin splitting with magnetic fields. However, there is another promising strategy to achieve spin splitting using spatial symmetry breaking without the use of a magnetic field, known as Rashba-type splitting. Here we report evidence for a giant Rashba-type splitting at the interface of LaTiO3 and SrTiO3. Analysis of the magnetotransport reveals anisotropic magnetoresistance, weak anti-localization and quantum oscillation behavior consistent with a large Rashba-type splitting. It is surprising to find a large Rashba-type splitting in 3d transition metal oxide-based systems such as the LaTiO3/SrTiO3 interface, but it is promising for the development of a new kind of oxide-based spintronics. Rashba-type splitting is an effective way to manipulate the spin degrees of freedom in a solid without external magnetic field. Here, the authors demonstrate a strong Rashba-type splitting at the interface of LaTiO3 and SrTiO3 which is promising for the development of oxide-based spintronics.
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- M J Veit
- Department of Applied Physics and Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- CEMES, University of Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse, France
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.,Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstrasse 1, 47057, Duisburg, Germany
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- Department of Applied Physics and Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Singh G, Jouan A, Benfatto L, Couëdo F, Kumar P, Dogra A, Budhani RC, Caprara S, Grilli M, Lesne E, Barthélémy A, Bibes M, Feuillet-Palma C, Lesueur J, Bergeal N. Competition between electron pairing and phase coherence in superconducting interfaces. Nat Commun 2018; 9:407. [PMID: 29379023 PMCID: PMC5789063 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02907-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, a gate tunable superconducting electron gas is confined in a quantum well at the interface between two insulating oxides. Remarkably, the gas coexists with both magnetism and strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling. However, both the origin of superconductivity and the nature of the transition to the normal state over the whole doping range remain elusive. Here we use resonant microwave transport to extract the superfluid stiffness and the superconducting gap energy of the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface as a function of carrier density. We show that the superconducting phase diagram of this system is controlled by the competition between electron pairing and phase coherence. The analysis of the superfluid density reveals that only a very small fraction of the electrons condenses into the superconducting state. We propose that this corresponds to the weak filling of high-energy dxz/dyz bands in the quantum well, more apt to host superconductivity.
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- G Singh
- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Universités, 75005, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Universités, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), UOS Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy.
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Universités, 75005, Paris, France
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- National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- National Physical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Condensed Matter Low Dimensional Systems Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), UOS Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Institute for Complex Systems (ISC-CNR), UOS Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767, Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Universités, 75005, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005, Paris, France
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Universités, 75005, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005, Paris, France.
- Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Sorbonne-Universités, 75005, Paris, France.
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Cheng L, Wei L, Liang H, Yan Y, Cheng G, Lv M, Lin T, Kang T, Yu G, Chu J, Zhang Z, Zeng C. Optical Manipulation of Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling at SrTiO 3-Based Oxide Interfaces. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:6534-6539. [PMID: 28968111 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) plays a crucial role for spintronics applications. Here we present the first demonstration that the Rashba SOC at the SrTiO3-based interfaces is highly tunable by photoinduced charge doping, that is, optical gating. Such optical manipulation is nonvolatile after the removal of the illumination in contrast to conventional electrostatic gating and also erasable via a warming-cooling cycle. Moreover, the SOC evolutions tuned by illuminations with different wavelengths at various gate voltages coincide with each other in different doping regions and collectively form an upward-downward trend curve: In response to the increase of conductivity, the SOC strength first increases and then decreases, which can be attributed to the orbital hybridization of Ti 3d subbands. More strikingly, the optical manipulation is effective enough to tune the interferences of Bloch wave functions from constructive to destructive and therefore to realize a transition from weak localization to weak antilocalization. The present findings pave a way toward the exploration of photoinduced nontrivial quantum states and the design of optically controlled spintronic devices.
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- Long Cheng
- International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200083, China
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- National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200083, China
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- National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200083, China
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- National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200083, China
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- National Laboratory for Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200083, China
- Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University , Shanghai 200062, China
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- International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD), Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Wang Z, Li Q, Besenbacher F, Dong M. Facile Synthesis of Single Crystal PtSe 2 Nanosheets for Nanoscale Electronics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:10224-10229. [PMID: 27714880 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ultrathin single crystal platinum diselenide (PtSe2 ) nanosheets are synthesized using H2 PtCl6 and Se as the precursors. The electronic properties are first investigated and exhibit p-type transport behavior with the mobility much larger than 7 cm2 V-1 s-1 . The further investigation on PtSe2 /MoS2 var der Waals p-n junction demonstrated that PtSe2 could be potentially applied in 2D electronics.
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- Zegao Wang
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, DK, 8000, Aarhus City, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, DK, 8000, Aarhus City, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, DK, 8000, Aarhus City, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, DK, 8000, Aarhus City, Denmark
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Brosco V, Benfatto L, Cappelluti E, Grimaldi C. Unconventional dc Transport in Rashba Electron Gases. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:166602. [PMID: 27152815 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.166602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We discuss the transport properties of a disordered two-dimensional electron gas with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We show that in the high-density regime where the Fermi energy overcomes the energy associated with spin-orbit coupling, dc transport is accurately described by a standard Drude's law, due to a nontrivial compensation between the suppression of backscattering and the relativistic correction to the quasiparticle velocity. On the contrary, when the system enters the opposite dominant spin-orbit regime, Drude's paradigm breaks down and the dc conductivity becomes strongly sensitive to the spin-orbit coupling strength, providing a suitable tool to test the entanglement between spin and charge degrees of freedom in these systems.
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- Valentina Brosco
- ISC-CNR and Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- ISC-CNR and Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- ISC-CNR and Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Physics of Complex Matter, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Scopigno N, Bucheli D, Caprara S, Biscaras J, Bergeal N, Lesueur J, Grilli M. Phase Separation from Electron Confinement at Oxide Interfaces. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:026804. [PMID: 26824560 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.026804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Oxide heterostructures are of great interest for both fundamental and applicative reasons. In particular, the two-dimensional electron gas at the LaAlO_{3}/SrTiO_{3} or LaTiO_{3}/SrTiO_{3} interfaces displays many different properties and functionalities. However, there are clear experimental indications that the interface electronic state is strongly inhomogeneous and therefore it is crucial to investigate possible intrinsic mechanisms underlying this inhomogeneity. Here, the electrostatic potential confining the electron gas at the interface is calculated self-consistently, finding that such confinement may induce phase separation, to avoid a thermodynamically unstable state with a negative compressibility. This provides a robust mechanism for the inhomogeneous character of these interfaces.
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- N Scopigno
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
- ISC-CNR and Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia, Unità di Roma "Sapienza"
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Étude des Matériaux, CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Étude des Matériaux, CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Étude des Matériaux, CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
- ISC-CNR and Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia, Unità di Roma "Sapienza"
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Wang Y, Tang W, Cheng J, Nazir S, Yang K. High-mobility two-dimensional electron gas in SrGeO3- and BaSnO3-based perovskite oxide heterostructures: an ab initio study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:31924-31929. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05572a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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First-principles electronic structure calculations predict that SrGeO3 and BaSnO3 can be substrate materials for achieving a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas in perovskite oxide heterostructures.
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- Yaqin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Chengdu 610054
- P. R. China
- Department of NanoEngineering
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Chengdu 610054
- P. R. China
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- Department of NanoEngineering
- University of California
- La Jolla
- USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering
- University of California
- La Jolla
- USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering
- University of California
- La Jolla
- USA
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Hurand S, Jouan A, Feuillet-Palma C, Singh G, Biscaras J, Lesne E, Reyren N, Barthélémy A, Bibes M, Villegas JE, Ulysse C, Lafosse X, Pannetier-Lecoeur M, Caprara S, Grilli M, Lesueur J, Bergeal N. Field-effect control of superconductivity and Rashba spin-orbit coupling in top-gated LaAlO3/SrTiO3 devices. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12751. [PMID: 26244916 PMCID: PMC4525493 DOI: 10.1038/srep12751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The recent development in the fabrication of artificial oxide heterostructures opens new avenues in the field of quantum materials by enabling the manipulation of the charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom. In this context, the discovery of two-dimensional electron gases (2-DEGs) at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces, which exhibit both superconductivity and strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling (SOC), represents a major breakthrough. Here, we report on the realisation of a field-effect LaAlO3/SrTiO3 device, whose physical properties, including superconductivity and SOC, can be tuned over a wide range by a top-gate voltage. We derive a phase diagram, which emphasises a field-effect-induced superconductor-to-insulator quantum phase transition. Magneto-transport measurements show that the Rashba coupling constant increases linearly with the interfacial electric field. Our results pave the way for the realisation of mesoscopic devices, where these two properties can be manipulated on a local scale by means of top-gates.
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- S Hurand
- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux -CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux -CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux -CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux -CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux -CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, 1 Av. A. Fresnel, 91767 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures LPN-CNRS, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France
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- Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures LPN-CNRS, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France
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- DSM/IRAMIS/SPEC - CNRS UMR 3680, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma "La Sapienza", piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma "La Sapienza", piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux -CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux -CNRS-ESPCI ParisTech-UPMC, PSL Research University, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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Gariglio S, Fête A, Triscone JM. Electron confinement at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2015; 27:283201. [PMID: 26102193 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/28/283201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Physical and structural phenomena originating from polar discontinuities have generated enormous activity. In the last ten years, the oxide interface between polar LaAlO(3) and non-polar SrTiO(3), both band insulators, has attracted particular interest, as it hosts an electron liquid with remarkable properties: it superconducts, has a sizeable spin-orbit interaction and its properties are tunable by an electric field. The profile of the carrier density at the interface and the exact band structure are properties strongly linked and still objects of debate. Here we review the experimental findings on the origin and the extension of the electron liquid and discuss the theoretical models developed to describe the charge profile and the band structure. We also introduce a model to account for the effect of interface disorder which could modify the charge distribution.
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- S Gariglio
- DQMP, Université de Genève, 24 Quai E.-Ansermet, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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Kumar P, Dogra A, Bhadauria PPS, Gupta A, Maurya KK, Budhani RC. Enhanced spin-orbit coupling and charge carrier density suppression in LaAl1-xCrxO3/SrTiO3 hetero-interfaces. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2015; 27:125007. [PMID: 25743442 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/12/125007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We report a gradual suppression of the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the LaAlO(3)/SrTiO(3) interface on substitution of chromium at the Al sites. The sheet carrier density at the interface (n□) drops monotonically from ∼2.2 × 10(14) cm(-2) to ∼2.5 × 10(13) cm(-2) on replacing ≈60% of the Al sites by Cr and the sheet resistance (R□) exceeds the quantum limit for localization (h/2e(2)) in the concentrating range 40-60% of Cr. The samples with Cr ⩽40% show a distinct minimum (T(m)) in metallic R□(T) whose position shifts to higher temperatures on increasing the substitution. Distinct signatures of Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) induced magnetoresistance (MR) are seen in R□ measured in out of plane field (H⊥) geometry at T ⩽ 8 K. Analysis of these data in the framework of Maekawa-Fukuyama theory allows extraction of the SOI critical field (H(SO)) and time scale (τ(SO)) whose evolution with Cr concentration is similar as with the increasing negative gate voltage in LAO/STO interface. The MR in the temperature range 8 K ⩽ T ⩽ T(m) is quadratic in the field with a +ve sign for H⊥ and -ve sign for H∥. The behaviour of H∥ MR is consistent with Kondo theory which in the present case is renormalized by the strong Rashba SOI at T < 8 K.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pramod Kumar
- CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110012, India
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