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We report electrical conductivity $\sigma$ measurements on a range of two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) of varying linear extent. Intriguingly, at low temperatures ($T$) and low carrier density ($n_{\mathrm{s}}$) we find the behavior…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Dirk Backes , Richard Hall , Michael Pepper , Harvey Beere , David Ritchie , Vijay Narayan

Using a low-temperature conductive-tip atomic force microscope in cross-section geometry we have characterized the local transport properties of the metallic electron gas that forms at the interface between LaAlO3 and SrTiO3. At low…

We present measurements of the energy relaxation length scale $\ell$ in two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs). A temperature gradient is established in the 2DEG by means of a heating current, and then the elevated electron temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-16 Jordan Billiald , Dirk Backes , Jürgen König , Ian Farrer , David Ritchie , Vijay Narayan

We present a comprehensive first-principles study of the electronic charge redistribution in atomically sharp LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$(001) heterointerfaces of both n- and p-types allowing for non-stoichiometric composition. Using two different…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-11-13 Alexandre Sorokine , Dmitry Bocharov , Sergei Piskunov , Vyacheslavs Kashcheyevs

Thin film synthesis methods developed over the past decades have unlocked emergent interface properties ranging from conductivity to ferroelectricity. However, our attempts to exercise precise control over interfaces are constrained by a…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-15 Steven R. Spurgeon , Peter V. Sushko , Ryan B. Comes , Scott A. Chambers

We have used grazing-angle infrared spectroscopy to detect the Berreman effect (BE) in the quasi-two-dimensional electron system (q-2DES) which forms spontaneously at the interface between SrTiO$_{3}$ (STO) and a thin film of LaAlO$_3$…

Although the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in (001) Zn$_{1-x}$Mg$_x$O/ZnO heterostructures has been discovered for about twenty years, the origin of the 2DEG is still inconclusive. In the present letter, the formation mechanisms of…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-26 Xiang-Hong Chen , Dong-Yu Hou , Zhi-Xin Hu , Kuang-Hong Gao , Zhi-Qing Li

Oxide two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) promise high charge carrier concentrations and low-loss electronic transport in semiconductors such as BaSnO$_{3}$ (BSO). ACBN0 computations for BSO/SrNbO$_{3}$ (SNO) interfaces show…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-27 Sharad Mahatara , Suresh Thapa , Hanjong Paik , Ryan Comes , Boris Kiefer

In this paper we study LaAlO$_3$/Eu$_{1-x}$La$_x$TiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ structures with nominally x = 0, 0.1 and different thicknesses of the Eu$_{1-x}$La$_x$TiO$_3$ layer. We observe that both systems have many properties similar to previously…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-03 N. Lebedev , Y. Huang , A. Rana , D. Jannis , N. Gauquelin , J. Verbeeck , J. Aarts

We present the synthesis and study of the magnetic and electronic properties of NiFe2O4/{\gamma}-Al2O3/SrTiO3 heterostructure. The {\gamma}-Al2O3/SrTiO3 interface hosts a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with large…

We have produced ultrathin epitaxial graphite films which show remarkable 2D electron gas (2DEG) behavior. The films, composed of typically 3 graphene sheets, were grown by thermal decomposition on the (0001) surface of 6H-SiC, and…

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

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

We propose that a quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI) can be realized in a nanopatterned two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with a small in-plane magnetic field and a high carrier density. The Berry curvatures originating from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-08-25 Yongping Zhang , Chuanwei Zhang

We report the transport characteristics of both electrons and holes through narrow constricted crystalline Si "wall-like" long-channels that were surrounded by a thermally grown SiO2 layer. Importantly, as a result of the existence of fixed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 C. S. Mayberry , Danhong Huang , G. Balakrishnan , C. Kouhestani , N. Islam , S. R. J. Brueck , A. K. Sharma

A number of recent studies indicate that the charge conduction of the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface at low temperature is confined to filaments which are linked to structural domain walls in the SrTiO$_3$ with drastic consequences for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 M. S. Prasad , G. Schmidt

The rich electron correlations and highly coherent transport in reconfigurable devices sketched by a conductive atomic force microscope tip at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface have enabled the oxide platform an ideal playground for studying…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-19 Dawei Qiu , Mengke Ha , Qing Xiao , Zhiyuan Qin , Danqing Liu , Changjian Ma , Guanglei Cheng , Jiangfeng Du

Nanofabrication research pursues the miniaturization of patterned feature size. In the current state of the art, micron scale areas can be patterned with features down to ~ 30 nm pitch using electron beam lithography. Our work demonstrates…

2D electron gases (2DEGs) formed at oxide interfaces provide a rich testbed for fundamental physics and device applications. While the discussion of the physical origins of this phenomenon continues, the recent discovery of oxide 2DEGs at…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-01 Dana Cohen-Azarzar , Maria Baskin , Lior Kornblum

The two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface exhibits gate tunable superconductivity with a domelike shape of $T_{\rm{C}}$ as a function of electron concentration. Here, we propose that the experimentally…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-08-26 M. Zegrodnik , P. Wójcik