Importance of Fermi energy for understanding the intermixing behavior at the LaAlO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} heterointerface
- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505 (Japan)
We investigated the migration energy and vacancy formation energy of La and Sr ions at a LaAlO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} heterointerface using first-principles calculations. Our study reveal that the migration energies at the p-type interface are lower than those at the n-type interface, and the formation energies of Sr and La vacancies are relatively high when we assume a reduction atmosphere and insulator conditions. To explain the experimental evidence that intermixing is preferentially taking place at the n-type interface, considering the Fermi energy is critical. We find that the presence of electron carriers plays an important role in the intermixing behaviors at the LaAlO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} heterointerface.
- OSTI ID:
- 22391995
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 20; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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