Université de Fribourg

Electric-Field-Induced Polar Order and Localization of the Confined Electrons in LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ Heterostructures

Rössle, Matthias ; Kim, Kyung Wan ; Dubroka, Adam ; Maršík, Premysl ; Wang, Chen Nan ; Jany, R. ; Richter, C. ; Mannhart, J. ; Schneider, C. W. ; Frano, A. ; Wochner, P. ; Lu, Y. ; Keimer, B. ; Shukla, D. K. ; Strempfer, J. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review Letters, 2013, vol. 110, no. 13, p. 136805

With ellipsometry, x-ray diffraction, and resistance measurements we investigated the electric-field effect on the confined electrons at the LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interface. We obtained evidence that the localization of the electrons at negative gate voltage is induced, or at least enhanced, by a polar phase transition in SrTiO₃ which strongly reduces the lattice polarizability and the subsequent...

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Dynamical response and confinement of the electrons at the LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ interface

Dubroka, Adam ; Rössle, Matthias ; Kim, Kyung Wan ; Malik, Vivek Kumar ; Schulz, Leander ; Thiel, S. ; Schneider, C. W. ; Mannhart, J. ; Herranz, G. ; Copie, O. ; Bibes, M. ; Barthélémy, A. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review Letters, 2010, vol. 104, p. 156807

With infrared ellipsometry and transport measurements we investigated the electrons at the interface between LaAlO₃ and SrTiO₃. We obtained a sheet carrier concentration of Ns≈5–9×10¹³ cm⁻², an effective mass of m*=3.2±0.4me, and a strongly frequency dependent mobility. The latter are similar as in bulk SrTi1-xNbxO₃ and...