Dichotomy of the photo-induced 2-dimensional electron gas on SrTiO 3 surface terminations
Abstract
Oxide materials are important candidates for the next generation of electronics due to a wide array of desired properties, which they can exhibit alone or when combined with other materials. While SrTiO 3 (STO) is often considered a prototypical oxide, it, too, hosts a wide array of unusual properties, including a 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), which can form at the surface when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. Using layer-by-layer growth of high-quality STO films, we show that the 2DEG only forms with the SrO termination and not with the TiO 2 termination, contrary to expectation. This dichotomy of the observed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) spectra is similarly seen in BaTiO 3 (BTO), in which the 2DEG is only observed for BaO-terminated films. These results will allow for a deeper understanding and better control of the electronic structure of titanate films, substrates, and heterostructures.
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Rebec, Slavko N., Jia, Tao, Sohail, Hafiz M., Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Shen, Zhi-Xun, and Moore, Robert G. Dichotomy of the photo-induced 2-dimensional electron gas on SrTiO 3 surface terminations. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821937116.
Rebec, Slavko N., Jia, Tao, Sohail, Hafiz M., Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Shen, Zhi-Xun, & Moore, Robert G. Dichotomy of the photo-induced 2-dimensional electron gas on SrTiO 3 surface terminations. United States. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821937116.
Rebec, Slavko N., Jia, Tao, Sohail, Hafiz M., Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Shen, Zhi-Xun, and Moore, Robert G. Wed .
"Dichotomy of the photo-induced 2-dimensional electron gas on SrTiO 3 surface terminations". United States. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821937116.
@article{osti_1564304,
title = {Dichotomy of the photo-induced 2-dimensional electron gas on SrTiO 3 surface terminations},
author = {Rebec, Slavko N. and Jia, Tao and Sohail, Hafiz M. and Hashimoto, Makoto and Lu, Donghui and Shen, Zhi-Xun and Moore, Robert G.},
abstractNote = {Oxide materials are important candidates for the next generation of electronics due to a wide array of desired properties, which they can exhibit alone or when combined with other materials. While SrTiO 3 (STO) is often considered a prototypical oxide, it, too, hosts a wide array of unusual properties, including a 2-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), which can form at the surface when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. Using layer-by-layer growth of high-quality STO films, we show that the 2DEG only forms with the SrO termination and not with the TiO 2 termination, contrary to expectation. This dichotomy of the observed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) spectra is similarly seen in BaTiO 3 (BTO), in which the 2DEG is only observed for BaO-terminated films. These results will allow for a deeper understanding and better control of the electronic structure of titanate films, substrates, and heterostructures.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1821937116},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = [34],
volume = [116],
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {8}
}
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