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ABSTRACT: We report the electron doping in the surface vicinity of KTaO_3 by inducing
oxygen-vacancies via Ar^+ -irradiation. The doped electrons have high mobility
(> 10^4 cm^2/Vs) at low temperatures, and exhibit Shubnikov-de Haas
oscillations with both two- and three-dimensional components. A disparity of
the extracted in-plane effective mass, compared to the bulk values, suggests
mixing of the orbital characters. Our observations demonstrate that Ar^+
-irradiation serves as a flexible tool to study low dimensional quantum
transport in 5d semiconducting oxides.
05/2012;
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P D C King,
R H He,
T Eknapakul,
P Buaphet,
S-K Mo,
Y Kaneko, S Harashima,
Y Hikita,
M S Bahramy,
C Bell,
Z Hussain,
Y Tokura,
Z-X Shen,
H Y Hwang,
F Baumberger,
W Meevasana
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ABSTRACT: We demonstrate the formation of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the (100) surface of the 5d transition-metal oxide KTaO3. From angle-resolved photoemission, we find that quantum confinement lifts the orbital degeneracy of the bulk band structure and leads to a 2DEG composed of ladders of subband states of both light and heavy carriers. Despite the strong spin-orbit coupling, our measurements provide a direct upper bound for the potential Rashba spin splitting of only Δk(parallel)}~0.02 Å(-1) at the Fermi level. The polar nature of the KTaO3(100) surface appears to help mediate the formation of the 2DEG as compared to nonpolar SrTiO3(100).
Physical Review Letters 03/2012; 108(11):117602. · 7.37 Impact Factor
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P. D. C. King,
R. H. He,
T. Eknapakul,
P. Buaphet,
S. -K. Mo,
Y. Kaneko, S. Harashima,
Y. Hikita,
M. S. Bahramy,
C. Bell,
Z. Hussain,
Y. Tokura,
Z. -X. Shen,
H. Y. Hwang,
F. Baumberger,
W. Meevasana
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ABSTRACT: We demonstrate the formation of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the
$(100)$ surface of the $5d$ transition-metal oxide KTaO$_3$. From
angle-resolved photoemission, we find that quantum confinement lifts the
orbital degeneracy of the bulk band structure and leads to a 2DEG composed of
ladders of subband states of both light and heavy carriers. Despite the strong
spin-orbit coupling, our measurements provide a direct upper bound for
potential Rashba spin splitting of only $\Delta{k}_\parallel\sim\0.02$
\AA$^{-1}$ at the Fermi level. The polar nature of the KTaO$_3(100)$ surface
appears to help mediate formation of the 2DEG as compared to non-polar
SrTiO$_3(100)$.
11/2011;
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ABSTRACT: Caviglia et al. [Nature (London) 456, 624 (2008)] have found that the superconducting LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface can be gate modulated. A central issue is to determine the principal effect of the applied electric field. Using magnetotransport studies of a gated structure, we find that the mobility variation is almost 5 times that of the sheet carrier density. Furthermore, superconductivity can be suppressed at both positive and negative gate bias. These results indicate that the relative disorder strength strongly increases across the superconductor-insulator transition.
Physical Review Letters 11/2009; 103(22):226802. · 7.37 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Caviglia et al. [Nature (London) 456, 624 (2008)] have found that the superconducting LaAlO_3 / SrTiO_3 interface can be gate modulated. A central issue is to determine the principal effect of the applied electric field. Using magnetotransport studies of a gated structure, we find that the mobility variation is almost five times as large as the sheet carrier density. Furthermore, superconductivity can be suppressed at both positive and negative gate bias. These results indicate that the relative disorder strength strongly increases across the superconductor-insulator transition. Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures
06/2009;
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ABSTRACT: The electronic transport properties of a series of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces were investigated, and a systematic thickness dependence of the sheet resistance and magnetoresistance was found for constant growth conditions. This trend occurs above the critical thickness of four unit cells, below which the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface is not conducting. A dramatic decrease in mobility of the electron gas of nearly two orders of magnitude was observed with increasing LaAlO3 thickness from 5 to 25 unit cells.
Applied Physics Letters 06/2009; 94(22):222111-222111-3. · 3.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The electronic transport properties of a series of LaAlO_3 / SrTiO_3 interfaces were investigated, and a systematic thickness dependence of the sheet resistance and magnetoresistance was found for constant growth conditions. This trend occurs above the critical thickness of four unit cells, below which the LaAlO_3 / SrTiO_3 interface is not conducting. A dramatic decrease in mobility of the electron gas of nearly two orders of magnitude was observed with increasing LaAlO_3 thickness from five to 25 unit cells.
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