Carrier-Controlled Ferromagnetism in SrTiO3

Magnetotransport and superconducting properties are investigated for uniformly La-doped SrTiO3 films and GdTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, respectively. GdTiO3/SrTiO3 interfaces exhibit a high-density 2D electron gas on the SrTiO3 side of the interface, while, for the SrTiO3 films, carriers are provid...

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Published in:Physical review. X 2012-06, Vol.2 (2)
Main Authors: Moetakef, Pouya, Williams, James R, Ouellette, Daniel G, Kajdos, Adam P, Goldhaber-Gordon, David, Allen, S James, Stemmer, Susanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carrier density
Charge density
Curie temperature
Current carriers
Domes
Dopants
Electron gas
Electron spin
Electrons
Ferromagnetism
Heterostructures
Interfaces
Low temperature
Magnetic properties
Magnetism
Magnetoresistance
Magnetoresistivity
Parameters
Quantum wells
Strontium titanates
Superconductivity
Temperature
Temperature dependence
Thickness
Transport properties
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Summary:Magnetotransport and superconducting properties are investigated for uniformly La-doped SrTiO3 films and GdTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, respectively. GdTiO3/SrTiO3 interfaces exhibit a high-density 2D electron gas on the SrTiO3 side of the interface, while, for the SrTiO3 films, carriers are provided by the dopant atoms. Both types of samples exhibit ferromagnetism at low temperatures, as evidenced by a hysteresis in the magnetoresistance. For the uniformly doped SrTiO3 films, the Curie temperature is found to increase with doping and to coexist with superconductivity for carrier concentrations on the high-density side of the superconducting dome. The Curie temperature of the GdTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures scales with the thickness of the SrTiO3 quantum well. The results are used to construct a stability diagram for the ferromagnetic and superconducting phases of SrTiO3 .
ISSN:2160-3308
2160-3308
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevX.2.021014