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The conducting interface of LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ heterostructures has been studied by hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. From the Ti~2$p$ signal and its angle-dependence we derive that the thickness of the electron gas is much smaller…

Oxide heterostructures are of great interest both for 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 physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 N. Scopigno , D. Bucheli , S. Caprara , J. Biscaras , N. Bergeal , J. Lesueur , M. Grilli

We present a first-principles study of the electronic structures and properties of ideal (atomically sharp) LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (001) heterointerfaces and their variants such as a new class of quantum well systems. We demonstrate the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Hanghui Chen , Alexie M. Kolpak , Sohrab Ismail-Beigi

Two dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) formed at the interfaces of oxide heterostructures draw considerable interest owing to their unique physics and potential applications. Growing such heterostructures on conventional semiconductors has…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-11 Lior Kornblum , Eric N. Jin , Divine P. Kumah , Alexis T. Ernst , Christine C. Broadbridge , Charles H. Ahn , Fred J. Walker

Strontium titanate, SrTiO3, a widely used substrate material for electronic oxide thin film devices, has provided many interesting features. In a combination with a similar oxide material, LaAlO3, it has recently received great interest. It…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 Alexey S. Kalabukhov , Robert Gunnarsson , Johan Borjesson , Eva Olsson , Tord Claeson , Dag Winkler

Novel electronic systems forming at oxide interfaces comprise a class of new materials with a wide array of potential applications. A high mobility electron system forms at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface and, strikingly, both…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Lu Li , C. Richter , S. Paetel , T. Kopp , J. Mannhart , R. C. Ashoori

In this paper, density functional theory calculations are used to explore the electronic and atomic reconstruction at interfaces between III-III/I-V oxides. In particular, at these interfaces, two dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) with…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-06-06 Valentino R. Cooper

We show that the growth of the heterostructure LaGaO3/SrTiO3 yields the formation of a highly conductive interface. Our samples were carefully analyzed by high resolution electron microscopy, in order to assess their crystal perfection and…

We investigate the superconducting properties of the two-dimensional electron gas at the (111) LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface. Using a multiorbital tight-binding model defined on a hexagonal lattice, we analyze the emergence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-08 J. Czarnecki , M. Zegrodnik , P. Wójcik

Recently a metallic state was discovered at the interface between insulating oxides, most notably LaAlO3 and SrTiO3. Properties of this two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) have attracted significant interest due to its potential…

The two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the interface between LaAlO$_3$ (LAO) and SrTiO$_3$ (STO) has become one of the most fascinating and highly-debated oxide systems of recent times. Here we propose that a one-dimensional electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 N. C. Bristowe , T. Fix , M. G. Blamire , P. B. Littlewood , Emilio Artacho

In this letter, we show that a superconducting two-dimensional electron gas is formed at the LaTiO3/SrTiO3 interface whose transition temperature can be modulated by a back-gate voltage. The gas consists of two types of carriers : a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-06-05 J. Biscaras , N. Bergeal , S. Hurand , C. Grossetete , A. Rastogi , R. C. Budhani , D. LeBoeuf , C. Proust , J. Lesueur

Using tunneling spectroscopy we have measured the spectral density of states of the mobile, two-dimensional electron system generated at the LaAlO3-SrTiO3 interface. As shown by the density of states the interface electron system differs…

Similar to silicon that is the basis of conventional electronics, strontium titanate (SrTiO3) is the bedrock of the emerging field of oxide electronics. SrTiO3 is the preferred template to create exotic two-dimensional (2D) phases of…

First principles calculations reveal that adding a metallic overlayer on LaAlO3/SrTiO3(001) eliminates the electric field within the polar LaAlO3 film and thus suppresses the thickness-dependent insulator-to-metal transition observed in…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-03-23 V. G. Ruiz López , R. Arras , W. E. Pickett , R. Pentcheva

Emergent magnetic states at oxide interfaces arise from the interplay of charge transfer, orbital reconstruction, and dimensional confinement, offering a route to engineered correlated-electron behavior in nanoscale spintronic materials.…

Two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed at the interface between two insulating oxides offers an opportunity for fundamental research and device applications. Binary alkaline earth metal oxides possess compatible lattice constants with…

Oxide heterostructures represent a unique playground for triggering the emergence of novel electronic states and for implementing new device concepts. The discovery of 2D conductivity at the $LaAlO_3/SrTiO_3$ interface has been linking for…

We report strong localization of 2D electron gas in LaAlO3 / SrTiO3 epitaxial thin-film heterostructures grown on (LaAlO3)0.3-(Sr2AlTaO3)0.7 substrates by using pulsed laser deposition with in-situ reflection high-energy electron…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-30 T. Hernandez , C. W. Bark , D. A. Felker , C. B. Eom , M. S. Rzchowski

The field-effect-induced modulation of transport properties of 2-dimensional electron gases residing at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ and LaGaO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interfaces has been investigated in a back-gate configuration. Both samples with…