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Oxide interfaces, including the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface, have been a subject of intense interest for over a decade due to their rich physics and potential as low dimensional nanoelectronic systems. The field has reached the stage where…

The interface between polar LaAlO3 and non-polar SrTiO3 exhibits a remarkable variety of electronic behavior associated with the formation of an interfacial quasi-two-dimensional electron gas (q-2DEG). By "sketching" patterns of charge on…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Cheng Cen , Daniela F. Bogorin , Jeremy Levy

We develop a robust and versatile platform to define nanostructures at oxide interfaces via patterned top gates. Using LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ as a model system, we demonstrate controllable electrostatic confinement of electrons to nanoscale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-10 Srijit Goswami , Emre Mulazimoglu , Lieven M. K. Vandersypen , Andrea D. Caviglia

The superconducting diode is an emergent device that juggles between the Cooper-paired state and the resistive state with unpaired quasiparticles. Here, we report a quantum version of the superconducting diode, which operates solely between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-30 Heng Wang , Yuying Zhu , Zhonghua Bai , Zhaozheng Lyu , Jiangang Yang , Lin Zhao , X. J. Zhou , Genda Gu , Qi-Kun Xue , Ding Zhang

We report on the fabrication and characterization of patterned high-mobility two-dimensional electron gases (2DEG) formed on SrTiO$_3$ (STO) substrate surfaces by hydrogen plasma exposure. The resulting devices consistently showed high…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Dickson Boahen , Sushant Padhye , Gayan De Silva , Eshanvi Rao , Evgeny Mikheev

In this study, we examined the supercurrent diode effect (SDE) in mesoscopic superconducting weak links formed by asymmetric Dayem bridges. These planar metallic constrictions, which naturally exhibit Josephsonlike behavior, offer a…

Diverse phenomena emerge at the interface between band insulators LaAlO3 and SrTiO3, such as superconductivity and ferromagnetism, showing an opportunity for potential applications as well as bringing fundamental research interests.…

Novel low dimensional quantum phenomena are expected at (110) LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) interfaces after the quasi two dimensional electron gas similar to that of (001) LAO/STO interfaces was found [G. Herranz et al., Sci. Rep. 2, 758 (2012)…

The diode effect in superconducting materials has been actively investigated in recent years. Plenty of different devices have been proposed as a platform to observe the superconducting diode effect. In this work we discuss the possibility…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-04 T. Karabassov , I. V. Bobkova , V. S. Stolyarov , V. M. Silkin , A. S. Vasenko

Herein, we reported giant tunability of the physical properties of 2DEGs at the spinel/perovskite interface of {\gamma}-Al2O3/SrTiO3 (GAO/STO). By modulating the carrier density thus the band filling with ionic-liquid gating, the system…

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

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

The superconducting transition temperature Tc at KTaO3-based oxide interfaces exhibits a dramatic dependence on crystallographic orientation, yet a unifying principle has remained elusive. Here, we discover a universal linear scaling…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-12 Xueshan Cao , Meng Zhang , Yishuai Wang , Ming Qin , Yi Zhou , Yanwu Xie

Atomically sharp oxide heterostructures exhibit a range of novel physical phenomena that do not occur in the parent bulk compounds. The most prominent example is the appearance of highly conducting and superconducting states at the…

Using the metal-insulator transition that takes place as a function of carrier density at the LaAlO$_3$-SrTiO$_3$ interface, oxide diodes have been fabricated with room-temperature breakdown voltages of up to 200 V. With applied voltage,…

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) -- the nonreciprocity of the critical current in a bulk superconductor -- has garnered significant attention due to its potential applications in superconducting electronics. However, the role of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-13 Jaglul Hasan , Daniel Shaffer , Maxim Khodas , Alex Levchenko

Symmetry-breaking plays a pivotal role in unlocking intriguing properties and functionalities in material systems. For example, the breaking of spatial and temporal symmetries leads to a fascinating phenomenon of superconducting diode…

Oxide growth with semiconductor-like accuracy has led to atomically precise thin films and interfaces that exhibit a plethora of phases and functionalities not found in the oxide bulk material. This yielded spectacular discoveries such as…

Nonreciprocity of supercurrents may exist when both spatial inversion and time-reversal symmetries are broken, leading to the supercurrent diode effect (SDE). The spatial inversion symmetry may be broken by chiral structures in nanotubes…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-12-20 Chuang Li , James Jun He

${\beta}$-Ga${_2}$O${_3}$ based semiconductor devices are expected to have significantly improved high-power and high-temperature performance due to its ultra-wide bandgap of close to 5 eV. However, the high-temperature operation of these…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-04 Shahadat H. Sohel , Ramchandra Kotecha , Imran S Khan , Karen N. Heinselman , Sreekant Narumanchi , M Brooks Tellekamp , Andriy Zakutayev