Spatial inhomogeneities at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface: Evidence from second harmonic generation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Gunter T ^a   Rubano, A ^a   Paparo, D ^b   Lilienblum, M ^a   Marrucci, L ^b   Miletto Granozio, F ^b   Scotti Di Uccio, U ^b   Jany, R ^c   Richter, C ^d   Mannhart, J ^d   Fiebig, M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84871058066     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235418     Document Type: Article

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