Wednesday, August 29, 2012

1208.5711 (Tyler A. Cain et al.)

Modulation doping to control the high-density electron gas at a
polar/non-polar oxide interface
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Tyler A. Cain, Pouya Moetakef, Clayton A. Jackson, Susanne Stemmer
A modulation-doping approach to control the carrier density of the high-density electron gas at a prototype polar/non-polar oxide interface is presented. It is shown that the carrier density of the electron gas at a GdTiO3/SrTiO3 interface can be reduced by up to 20% from its maximum value (~ 3x10^14 cm^-2) by alloying the GdTiO3 layer with Sr. The Seebeck coefficient of the two-dimensional electron gas increases concurrently with the decrease in its carrier density. The experimental results provide insight into the origin of charge carriers at oxide interfaces exhibiting a polar discontinuity.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5711

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