Infrared ellipsometry study of photogenerated charge carriers
at the (001) and (110) surfaces of SrTiO3 crystals and at the
interface of the corresponding LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures

J 2017

Infrared ellipsometry study of photogenerated charge carriers at the (001) and (110) surfaces of SrTiO3 crystals and at the interface of the corresponding LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures

YAZDI-RIZI, M., Přemysl MARŠÍK, B.P.P. MALLETT, K. SEN, A. CERRETA et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Infrared ellipsometry study of photogenerated charge carriers at the (001) and (110) surfaces of SrTiO3 crystals and at the interface of the corresponding LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures

Autoři

YAZDI-RIZI, M. (364 Írán), Přemysl MARŠÍK (203 Česká republika), B.P.P. MALLETT (554 Nový Zéland), K. SEN (756 Švýcarsko), A. CERRETA (756 Švýcarsko), Adam DUBROKA (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), M. SCIGAJ (724 Španělsko), F. SANCHEZ (724 Španělsko), G. HERRANZ (724 Španělsko) a Christian BERNHARD (756 Švýcarsko)

Vydání

Physical Review B, MD, USA, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017, 2469-9950

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10302 Condensed matter physics

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.813

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100226

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.195107

UT WoS

000400664500004

Klíčová slova anglicky

infrared ellipsometry; photogenerated charge carriers; LaAlO3; SrTiO3

Štítky

NZ, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 5. 4. 2018 14:20, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Anotace

V originále

With infrared (IR) ellipsometry and dc resistance measurements, we investigated the photodoping at the (001) and (110) surfaces of SrTiO3 (STO) single crystals and at the corresponding interfaces of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) heterostructures. In the bare STO crystals, we find that the photogenerated charge carriers, which accumulate near the (001) surface, have a similar depth profile and sheet carrier concentration as the confined electrons that were previously observed in LAO/STO (001) heterostructures. A large fraction of these photogenerated charge carriers persist at low temperature at the STO (001) surface even after the ultraviolet light has been switched off again. These persistent charge carriers seem to originate from oxygen vacancies that are trapped at the structural domain boundaries, which develop below the so-called antiferrodistortive transition at T * = 105 K. This is most evident from a corresponding photodoping study of the dc transport in STO (110) crystals for which the concentration of these domain boundaries can be modified by applying a weak uniaxial stress. The oxygen vacancies and their trapping by defects are also the source of the electrons that are confined to the interface of LAO/STO (110) heterostructures, which likely do not have a polar discontinuity as in LAO/STO (001). In the former, the trapping and clustering of the oxygen vacancies also has a strong influence on the anisotropy of the charge carrier mobility. We show that this anisotropy can be readily varied and even inverted by various means, such as a gentle thermal treatment, UV irradiation, or even a weak uniaxial stress. Our experiments suggest that extended defects, which develop over long time periods (of weeks to months), can strongly influence the response of the confined charge carriers at the LAO/STO (110) interface.

Návaznosti

LQ1601, projekt VaV

Název: CEITEC 2020 (Akronym: CEITEC2020)

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, CEITEC 2020

Citovat

YAZDI-RIZI, M., Přemysl MARŠÍK, B.P.P. MALLETT, K. SEN, A. CERRETA, Adam DUBROKA, M. SCIGAJ, F. SANCHEZ, G. HERRANZ a Christian BERNHARD. Infrared ellipsometry study of photogenerated charge carriers at the (001) and (110) surfaces of SrTiO3 crystals and at the interface of the corresponding LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures. Physical Review B. MD, USA: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017, roč. 95, č. 19, s. "195107-1"-"195107-13", 13 s. ISSN 2469-9950. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.195107.

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   volume = {95},
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N2  - With infrared (IR) ellipsometry and dc resistance measurements, we investigated the photodoping at the (001) and (110) surfaces of SrTiO3 (STO) single crystals and at the corresponding interfaces of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) heterostructures. In the bare STO crystals, we find that the photogenerated charge carriers, which accumulate near the (001) surface, have a similar depth profile and sheet carrier concentration as the confined electrons that were previously observed in LAO/STO (001) heterostructures. A large fraction of these photogenerated charge carriers persist at low temperature at the STO (001) surface even after the ultraviolet light has been switched off again. These persistent charge carriers seem to originate from oxygen vacancies that are trapped at the structural domain boundaries, which develop below the so-called antiferrodistortive transition at T * = 105 K. This is most evident from a corresponding photodoping study of the dc transport in STO (110) crystals for which the concentration of these domain boundaries can be modified by applying a weak uniaxial stress. The oxygen vacancies and their trapping by defects are also the source of the electrons that are confined to the interface of LAO/STO (110) heterostructures, which likely do not have a polar discontinuity as in LAO/STO (001). In the former, the trapping and clustering of the oxygen vacancies also has a strong influence on the anisotropy of the charge carrier mobility. We show that this anisotropy can be readily varied and even inverted by various means, such as a gentle thermal treatment, UV irradiation, or even a weak uniaxial stress. Our experiments suggest that extended defects, which develop over long time periods (of weeks to months), can strongly influence the response of the confined charge carriers at the LAO/STO (110) interface.
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YAZDI-RIZI, M., Přemysl MARŠÍK, B.P.P. MALLETT, K. SEN, A. CERRETA, Adam DUBROKA, M. SCIGAJ, F. SANCHEZ, G. HERRANZ a Christian BERNHARD. Infrared ellipsometry study of photogenerated charge carriers at the (001) and (110) surfaces of SrTiO3 crystals and at the interface of the corresponding LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures. \textit{Physical Review B}. MD, USA: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017, roč.~95, č.~19, s.~''195107-1''-''195107-13'', 13 s. ISSN~2469-9950. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.195107.

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