School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0299, USA.
Sci Rep. 2014 Jun 18;4:5338. doi: 10.1038/srep05338.
Low dimensionality, broken symmetry and easily-modulated carrier concentrations provoke novel electronic phase emergence at oxide interfaces. However, the spatial extent of such reconstructions - i.e. the interfacial "depth" - remains unclear. Examining LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ heterostructures at previously unexplored carrier densities n(2D) ≥ 6.9 × 10(14) cm(-2), we observe a Shubnikov-de Haas effect for small in-plane fields, characteristic of an anisotropic 3D Fermi surface with preferential dxz,yz orbital occupancy extending over at least 100 nm perpendicular to the interface. Quantum oscillations from the 3D Fermi surface of bulk doped SrTiO₃ emerge simultaneously at higher n(2D). We distinguish three areas in doped perovskite heterostructures: narrow (<20 nm) 2D interfaces housing superconductivity and/or other emergent phases, electronically isotropic regions far (>120 nm) from the interface and new intermediate zones where interfacial proximity renormalises the electronic structure relative to the bulk.
低维、破缺的对称性和易于调制的载流子浓度在氧化物界面引发了新的电子相出现。然而,这种重构的空间范围——即界面的“深度”——仍不清楚。在之前未探索过的载流子密度 n(2D)≥6.9×10(14) cm(-2)下,我们观察到 LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ 异质结构中存在小面内磁场的 Shubnikov-de Haas 效应,这是各向异性 3D 费米表面的特征,优先占据 dxz、yz 轨道,在垂直于界面的方向上延伸至少 100nm。来自体掺杂 SrTiO₃ 的 3D 费米表面的量子振荡在更高的 n(2D)下同时出现。我们区分了掺杂钙钛矿异质结构中的三个区域:窄(<20nm)的 2D 界面,容纳超导性和/或其他新兴相;远离界面 (>120nm)的电子各向同性区域;以及新的中间区域,界面的临近使电子结构相对于体相发生了重整化。