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Thickness Control of the Spin-Polarized Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in LaAlO 3 /BaTiO 3 Superlattices.

Scientific Reports 2018 January 12
We explored the possibility of increasing the interfacial carrier quantum confinement, mobility and conductivity in the (LaAlO3 )n /(BaTiO3 )n superlattices by thickness regulation using the first-principles electronic structure calculations. Through constructing two different interfacial types of LaAlO3 /BaTiO3 superlattices, we discovered that the LaO/TiO2 interface is preferred from cleavage energy consideration. We then studied the electronic characteristics of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) produced at the LaO/TiO2 interface in the LaAlO3 /BaTiO3 superlattices via spin-polarized density functional theory calculations. The charge carrier density of 2DEG has a magnitude of 1014  cm-2 (larger than the traditional system LaAlO3 /SrTiO3 ), which is mainly provided by the interfacial Ti 3dxy orbitals when the thicknesses of LaAlO3 and BaTiO3 layers are over 4.5 unit cells. We have also revealed the interfacial electronic characteristics of the LaAlO3 /BaTiO3 system, by showing the completely spin-polarized 2DEG mostly confined at the superlattice interface. The interfacial charge carrier mobility and conductivity are found to be converged beyond the critical thickness. Therefore, we can regulate the interfacial confinement for the spin-polarized 2DEG and quantum transport properties in LaAlO3 /BaTiO3 superlattice via controlling the thicknesses of the LaAlO3 and BaTiO3 layers.

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