Magnetic interactions at the nanoscale in trilayer titanates

Y Cao, Z Yang, M Kareev, X Liu, D Meyers, S Middey… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Y Cao, Z Yang, M Kareev, X Liu, D Meyers, S Middey, D Choudhury, P Shafer, J Guo…
Physical review letters, 2016APS
We report on the phase diagram of competing magnetic interactions at the nanoscale in
engineered ultrathin trilayer heterostructures of LaTiO 3/SrTiO 3/YTiO 3, in which the
interfacial inversion symmetry is explicitly broken. Combined atomic layer resolved scanning
transmission electron microscopy with electron energy loss spectroscopy and electrical
transport have confirmed the formation of a spatially separated two-dimensional electron
liquid and high density two-dimensional localized magnetic moments at the LaTiO 3/SrTiO 3 …
We report on the phase diagram of competing magnetic interactions at the nanoscale in engineered ultrathin trilayer heterostructures of , in which the interfacial inversion symmetry is explicitly broken. Combined atomic layer resolved scanning transmission electron microscopy with electron energy loss spectroscopy and electrical transport have confirmed the formation of a spatially separated two-dimensional electron liquid and high density two-dimensional localized magnetic moments at the and interfaces, respectively. Resonant soft x-ray linear dichroism spectroscopy has demonstrated the presence of orbital polarization of the conductive and localized electrons. Our results provide a route with prospects for exploring new magnetic interfaces, designing a tunable two-dimensional -electron Kondo lattice, and potential spin Hall applications.
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