Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering studies of elementary excitations

LJP Ament, M Van Veenendaal, TP Devereaux… - Reviews of Modern …, 2011 - APS
In the past decade, resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) has made remarkable progress
as a spectroscopic technique. This is a direct result of the availability of high-brilliance …

The origin of two-dimensional electron gases at oxide interfaces: insights from theory

NC Bristowe, P Ghosez, PB Littlewood… - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The response of oxide thin films to polar discontinuities at interfaces and surfaces has
generated enormous activity due to the variety of interesting effects that it gives rise to. A …

Ferromagnetic exchange, spin–orbit coupling and spiral magnetism at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface

S Banerjee, O Erten, M Randeria - Nature physics, 2013 - nature.com
The electronic properties of the polar interface between insulating oxides is a subject of
great interest,,. An exciting development is the observation of robust magnetism,,,, at the …

Direct -Space Mapping of the Electronic Structure in an Oxide-Oxide Interface

G Berner, M Sing, H Fujiwara, A Yasui, Y Saitoh… - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
The interface between LaAlO 3 and SrTiO 3 hosts a two-dimensional electron system of
itinerant carriers, although both oxides are band insulators. Interface ferromagnetism …

Surface defects and conduction in polar oxide heterostructures

NC Bristowe, PB Littlewood, E Artacho - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2011 - APS
The polar interface between LaAlO 3 and SrTiO 3 has shown promise as a field effect
transistor, with reduced (nanoscale) feature sizes and potentially added functionality over …

Systematic computation of crystal-field multiplets for x-ray core spectroscopies

A Uldry, F Vernay, B Delley - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2012 - APS
We present an approach to computing multiplets for core spectroscopies, whereby the
crystal field is constructed explicitly from the positions and charges of surrounding atoms …

Mechanisms of charge transfer and redistribution in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 revealed by high-energy optical conductivity

TC Asmara, A Annadi, I Santoso, PK Gogoi… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
In condensed matter physics the quasi two-dimensional electron gas at the interface of two
different insulators, polar LaAlO3 on nonpolar SrTiO3 (LaAlO3/SrTiO3) is a spectacular and …

Space charges and defect concentration profiles at complex oxide interfaces

F Gunkel, R Waser, AHH Ramadan, RA De Souza… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We discuss electronic and ionic defect concentration profiles at the conducting interface
between the two wide-band-gap insulators LaAlO 3 and SrTiO 3 (STO). The profiles are …

Localized and delocalized Ti 3 carriers in LaAlO/SrTiO superlattices revealed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

KJ Zhou, M Radovic, J Schlappa, V Strocov… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
The important source of interface conductivity in LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 heterostructures, the Ti 3 d
carriers, is probed with resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at the Ti 2 p 3/2 edge of epitaxially …

Polar-discontinuity-retaining -site intermixing and vacancies at SrTiO/LaAlO interfaces

V Vonk, J Huijben, D Kukuruznyak, A Stierle… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
Our anomalous surface x-ray diffraction study of the interface between SrTiO 3 (001)
substrates and thin polar films of LaAlO 3 shows La/Sr interdiffusion leading to neutrally …