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SrTiO$_3$-based conducting interfaces, which exhibit coexistence of gate-tunable 2D superconductivity and strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC), are candidates to host topological superconductive phases. Yet, superconductivity is usually…

In multiorbital materials, superconductivity can exhibit new exotic forms that include several coupled condensates. In this context, quantum confinement in two-dimensional superconducting oxide interfaces offers new degrees of freedom to…

Two-dimensional superconductivity at KTaO3 (KTO) heterointerfaces has sparked intensive investigations since its discovery, yet whether the (001)-oriented KTO interface hosts superconductivity remains to be elucidated. Here, we provide…

We investigate superconductivity in KTaO$_3$ (KTO)-based two-dimensional electron gases for the (001), (110), and (111) crystallographic orientations within a unified microscopic framework. Using a self-consistent tight-binding slab model,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-27 Matta Trama , Roberta Citro , Carmine Antonio Perroni

We explore the superconducting phase diagram of the two-dimensional electron system at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface by monitoring the frequencies of the cavity modes of a coplanar waveguide resonator fabricated in the interface itself. We…

A two dimensional electronic system with novel electronic properties forms at the interface between the insulators LaAlO$_3$ and SrTiO$_3$. Samples fabricated until now have been found to be either magnetic or superconducting, depending on…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 Lu Li , C. Richter , J. Mannhart , R. C. Ashoori

We report the first observation of superconductivity in heterostructure consisting of an insulating ferroelectric film (Ba$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$TiO$_3$) grown on an insulating parent compound of La$_2$CuO$_4$ with [001] orientation. The…

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

Tunneling between two parallel, two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) in a complex oxide heterostructure containing a large, mobile electron density of ~ 3x10^14 cm^-2 is used to probe the subband structure of the 2DEGs.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-26 Santosh Raghavan , S. James Allen , Susanne Stemmer

We report on the magnetotransport properties of a prototype Mott insulator/band insulator perovskite heterojunction in magnetic fields up to 31 T and at temperatures between 360 mK and 10 K. Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the…

The interface superconductivity in LaAlO$_{3}$-SrTiO$_{3}$ heterostructures reveals a non-monotonic behavior of the critical temperature as a function of the two-dimensional density of charge carriers. We develop a theoretical description…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-07-22 S. N. Klimin , J. Tempere , J. T. Devreese , D. van der Marel

The discovery of two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at the interface between two insulating complex oxides, such as LaAlO3 (LAO) or gamma-Al2O3 (GAO) epitaxially grown on SrTiO3 (STO) 1,2, provides an opportunity for developing…

The physics of oxide superlattices is considered for pristine (001) multilayers of the band insulators LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 with alternating p and n interfaces. First principles results and a model of capacitor plates offer a simple paradigm…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-29 N. C. Bristowe , Emilio Artacho , P. B. Littlewood

Due to the coexistence of many emergent phenomena, including 2D superconductivity and a large Rashba spin-orbit coupling, 5d transition metal oxides based two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs) have been prospected as one of the potential…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-24 H. Yan , S. W. Zeng , K. Rubi , G. J. Omar , Z. T. Zhang , M. Goiran , W. Escoffier , A. Ariando

Superconductivity at the interface between the insulators LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 has been tuned with the electric field effect. The data provide evidence for a two dimensional quantum superconductor to insulator (2D-QSI) transition. Here we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-07-08 T. Schneider , A. D. Caviglia , S. Gariglio , N. Reyren , D. Jaccard , J. -M. Triscone

The two-dimensional electron system formed at the interface between the insulating oxides LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 exhibits ferromagnetism, superconductivity, and a wide range of unique magnetotransport properties. A key challenge is to find a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-11-13 Arjun Joshua , S. Pecker , J. Ruhman , E. Altman , S. Ilani

SrTiO$_3$ is a superconducting semiconductor with a pairing mechanism that is not well understood. SrTiO$_3$ undergoes a ferroelastic transition at $T=$ 105 K, leading to the formation of domains with boundaries that can couple to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-02-28 David Pekker , C. Stephen Hellberg , Jeremy Levy

Despite several attempts, the intimate electronic structure of two-dimensional electron systems buried at the interface between LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 still remains to be experimentally revealed. Here, we investigate the transport properties of…

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

We have performed high field magnetotransport measurements to investigate the interface electron gas in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures. Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations reveal several 2D conduction subbands with carrier effective masses…