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Xu H, Li H, Gauquelin N, Chen X, Wu WF, Zhao Y, Si L, Tian D, Li L, Gan Y, Qi S, Li M, Hu F, Sun J, Jannis D, Yu P, Chen G, Zhong Z, Radovic M, Verbeeck J, Chen Y, Shen B. Giant Tunability of Rashba Splitting at Cation-Exchanged Polar Oxide Interfaces by Selective Orbital Hybridization. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2313297. [PMID: 38475975 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
The 2D electron gas (2DEG) at oxide interfaces exhibits extraordinary properties, such as 2D superconductivity and ferromagnetism, coupled to strongly correlated electrons in narrow d-bands. In particular, 2DEGs in KTaO3 (KTO) with 5d t2g orbitals exhibit larger atomic spin-orbit coupling and crystal-facet-dependent superconductivity absent for 3d 2DEGs in SrTiO3 (STO). Herein, by tracing the interfacial chemistry, weak anti-localization magneto-transport behavior, and electronic structures of (001), (110), and (111) KTO 2DEGs, unambiguously cation exchange across KTO interfaces is discovered. Therefore, the origin of the 2DEGs at KTO-based interfaces is dramatically different from the electronic reconstruction observed at STO interfaces. More importantly, as the interface polarization grows with the higher order planes in the KTO case, the Rashba spin splitting becomes maximal for the superconducting (111) interfaces approximately twice that of the (001) interface. The larger Rashba spin splitting couples strongly to the asymmetric chiral texture of the orbital angular moment, and results mainly from the enhanced inter-orbital hopping of the t2g bands and more localized wave functions. This finding has profound implications for the search for topological superconductors, as well as the realization of efficient spin-charge interconversion for low-power spin-orbitronics based on (110) and (111) KTO interfaces.
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- Hao Xu
- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp, 4Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, P. R. China
- Science Island Branch of Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710127, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE) and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp, 4Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Physics and HKU-UCAS Joint Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics at Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
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- Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, 5232, Switzerland
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp, 4Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, China
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Huang J, Dai S, Xu C, Du Y, Xu Z, Han K, Xu L, Wu W, Chen P, Huang Z. Capping-layer-mediated lattice mismatch and redox reaction in SrTiO 3-based bilayers. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 35. [PMID: 37059113 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/accd37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
It is well known that the traditional two-dimensional electron system (2DES) hosted by the SrTiO3substrate can exhibit diverse electronic states by modifying the capping layer in heterostructures. However, such capping layer engineering is less studied in the SrTiO3-layer-carried 2DES (or bilayer 2DES), which is different from the traditional one on transport properties but more applicable to the thin-film devices. Here, several SrTiO3bilayers are fabricated by growing various crystalline and amorphous oxide capping layers on the epitaxial SrTiO3layers. For the crystalline bilayer 2DES, the monotonical reduction on the interfacial conductance, as well as carrier mobility, is recorded on increasing the lattice mismatch between the capping layers and epitaxial SrTiO3layer. The mobility edge raised by the interfacial disorders is highlighted in the crystalline bilayer 2DES. On the other hand, when increasing the concentration of Al with high oxygen affinity in the capping layer, the amorphous bilayer 2DES becomes more conductive accompanied by the enhanced carrier mobility but almost constant carrier density. This observation cannot be explained by the simple redox-reaction model, and the interfacial charge screening and band bending need to be considered. Moreover, when the capping oxide layers have the same chemical composition but with different forms, the crystalline 2DES with a large lattice mismatch is more insulating than its amorphous counterpart, and vice versa. Our results shed some light on understanding the different dominant role in forming the bilayer 2DES using crystalline and amorphous oxide capping layer, which may be applicable in designing other functional oxide interfaces.
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- Jingwen Huang
- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Stony Brook Institute at Anhui University, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China
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- Stony Brook Institute at Anhui University, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, People's Republic of China
- Stony Brook Institute at Anhui University, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China
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