Distribution of electronic reconstruction at the n-type LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 interface revealed by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

Y. Y. Chu; Y. F. Liao; V. T. Tra; J. C. Yang; W. Z. Liu; Ying-hao Chu; Jiunn-Yuan Lin; J. H. Huang; J. Weinen; S. Agrestini; K. D. Tsuei; D. J. Huang

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Distribution of electronic reconstruction at the n-type LaAlO ₃/SrTiO ₃ interface revealed by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

Y. Y. Chu^*, Y. F. Liao, V. T. Tra, J. C. Yang, W. Z. Liu, Ying-hao Chu, Jiunn-Yuan Lin, J. H. Huang, J. Weinen, S. Agrestini, K. D. Tsuei, D. J. Huang

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We investigated the electronic reconstruction at the n-type LaAlO ₃/SrTiO ₃ interface with hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) under grazing incidence. By exploiting the collapse of evanescent x-ray waves and the abrupt increase of x-ray absorption at the critical incidence angle, our HAXPES study reveals a 2% electronic reconstruction from Ti ⁴⁺ to Ti ³⁺ occurring near the interface. Such an electronic reconstruction also extends from the interface into SrTiO ₃ with a depth of about 48Å (∼12 unit cells) and an estimated total charge transfer of ∼0.24 electrons per two-dimensional unit cell.

Original language	English
Article number	262101
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	99
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3672099
State	Published - 26 Dec 2011

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Distribution of electronic reconstruction at the n-type LaAlO ₃/SrTiO ₃ interface revealed by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

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