Extremely large magnetoresistance in high-mobility SrNbO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures
Abstract
In this report an extremely large linear magnetoresistance (LMR) is a ubiquitous phenomenon emerging from topological Dirac and Weyl semimetals. However, the connection between an LMR and a nontrivial topology is under extensive debate. In this paper, by precisely controlling the thickness of SrNbO3 thin films grown on SrTiO3 substrates, we observe an LMR over a large carrier density range with a magnetoresistance as high as 150000% at a carrier density n~1021cm-3, far away from the quantum-limit regime. The temperature-, magnetic-field-, and carrier-density-dependent LMR in SrNbO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures provides compelling evidence of a mobility-driven LMR in coherent electronic systems. Our results uncover the general principle of an LMR and shed light on proper categorization of transport properties in topological and correlated materials.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1844906
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; transport phenomena; heterostructures; topological materials; transition metal oxides
Citation Formats
Zhang, Jie, Ok, Jong Mok, Pai, Yun-Yi, Lapano, Jason, Skoropata, Elizabeth, Mazza, Alessandro R., Li, Haoxiang, Huon, Amanda, Yoon, Sangmoon, Lawrie, Benjamin J., Brahlek, Matthew, Ward, T. Zac, Eres, Gyula, Miao, Hu, and Lee, Ho Nyung. Extremely large magnetoresistance in high-mobility SrNbO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.l161404.
Zhang, Jie, Ok, Jong Mok, Pai, Yun-Yi, Lapano, Jason, Skoropata, Elizabeth, Mazza, Alessandro R., Li, Haoxiang, Huon, Amanda, Yoon, Sangmoon, Lawrie, Benjamin J., Brahlek, Matthew, Ward, T. Zac, Eres, Gyula, Miao, Hu, & Lee, Ho Nyung. Extremely large magnetoresistance in high-mobility SrNbO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.l161404
Zhang, Jie, Ok, Jong Mok, Pai, Yun-Yi, Lapano, Jason, Skoropata, Elizabeth, Mazza, Alessandro R., Li, Haoxiang, Huon, Amanda, Yoon, Sangmoon, Lawrie, Benjamin J., Brahlek, Matthew, Ward, T. Zac, Eres, Gyula, Miao, Hu, and Lee, Ho Nyung. Wed .
"Extremely large magnetoresistance in high-mobility SrNbO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.l161404. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1844906.
@article{osti_1844906,
title = {Extremely large magnetoresistance in high-mobility SrNbO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures},
author = {Zhang, Jie and Ok, Jong Mok and Pai, Yun-Yi and Lapano, Jason and Skoropata, Elizabeth and Mazza, Alessandro R. and Li, Haoxiang and Huon, Amanda and Yoon, Sangmoon and Lawrie, Benjamin J. and Brahlek, Matthew and Ward, T. Zac and Eres, Gyula and Miao, Hu and Lee, Ho Nyung},
abstractNote = {In this report an extremely large linear magnetoresistance (LMR) is a ubiquitous phenomenon emerging from topological Dirac and Weyl semimetals. However, the connection between an LMR and a nontrivial topology is under extensive debate. In this paper, by precisely controlling the thickness of SrNbO3 thin films grown on SrTiO3 substrates, we observe an LMR over a large carrier density range with a magnetoresistance as high as 150000% at a carrier density n~1021cm-3, far away from the quantum-limit regime. The temperature-, magnetic-field-, and carrier-density-dependent LMR in SrNbO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures provides compelling evidence of a mobility-driven LMR in coherent electronic systems. Our results uncover the general principle of an LMR and shed light on proper categorization of transport properties in topological and correlated materials.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.104.l161404},
journal = {Physical Review. B},
number = 16,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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