Nonzero Berry phase in quantum oscillations from giant Rashba-type spin splitting in LaTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures

M. J. Veit; R. Arras; B. J. Ramshaw; R. Pentcheva; Y. Suzuki

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04014-0

Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Nonzero Berry phase in quantum oscillations from giant Rashba-type spin splitting in LaTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures

M. J. Veit,
R. Arras,
B. J. Ramshaw,
R. Pentcheva,
Y. Suzuki

Affiliations

M. J. Veit: Department of Applied Physics and Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University
R. Arras: CEMES, University of Toulouse, CNRS, UPS
B. J. Ramshaw: Los Alamos National Laboratory
R. Pentcheva: Department of Physics and Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen
Y. Suzuki: Department of Applied Physics and Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04014-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Rashba-type splitting is an effective way to manipulate the spin degrees of freedom in a solid without external magnetic field. Here, the authors demonstrate a strong Rashba-type splitting at the interface of LaTiO3 and SrTiO3 which is promising for the development of oxide-based spintronics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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