Magnetotransport effects in polar versus non-polar SrTiO 3 based heterostructures

E. Flekser*, M. Ben Shalom, M. Kim, C. Bell, Y. Hikita, H. Y. Hwang, Y. Dagan

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Abstract

Anisotropic magnetoresistance and negative magnetoresistance for in-plane fields are compared for the LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 interface and the symmetric Nb-doped SrTiO 3 heterostructure. Both effects are exceptionally strong in LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3. We analyze their temperature, magnetic field, and gate voltage dependencies and find them to arise from a Rashba-type spin-orbit coupling with magnetic scatterers that have two contributions to their potential: spin exchange and Coulomb interaction. Atomic spin-orbit coupling is sufficient to explain the small effects observed in Nb-doped SrTiO 3. These results clarify contradicting transport interpretations in SrTiO 3 based heterostructures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121104
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume86
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Sep 2012

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Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences0654118

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