Multiple conducting carriers generated in LaAlO3 / SrTiO 3 heterostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Seo, S S A ^a   Marton, Z ^a,b   Choi, W S ^c   Hassink, G W J ^d,e   Blank, D H A ^d   Hwang, H Y ^e,f   Noh, T W ^c   Egami, T ^a,g   Lee, H N ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH-DENSITY; LOW DENSITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SHEET CARRIER DENSITIES; SRTIO; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

CRYSTALS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; STRONTIUM ALLOYS;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 69549128225     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3213390     Document Type: Article

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