Massive symmetry breaking in LaAlO3/SrTiO3(111) quantum wells: A three-orbital strongly correlated generalization of graphene

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Doennig, David ^a   Pickett, Warren E ^b   Pentcheva, Rossitza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB REPULSIONS; CRYSTAL-FIELD SPLITTING; HONEYCOMB LATTICES; IN-PLANE STRAINS; INSULATOR-TO-METAL TRANSITIONS; INVERSION SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; WELL THICKNESS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84884694656     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.126804     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. H. Y. Hwang, Y. Iwasa, M. Kawasaki, B. Keimer, N. Nagaosa, and Y. Tokura, Nat. Mater. 11, 103 (2012). NMAACR 1476-1122 10.1038/nmat3223
2. M. Huijben, A. Brinkman, G. Koster, G. Rijnders, H. Hilgenkamp, and D. A. Blank, Adv. Mater. 21, 1665 (2009). ADVMEW 0935-9648 10.1002/adma.200801448
3. J. Mannhart and D. G. Schlom, Science 327, 1607 (2010). SCIEAS 0036-8075 10.1126/science.1181862
4. R. Pentcheva and W. E. Pickett, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 22, 043001 (2010). JCOMEL 0953-8984 10.1088/0953-8984/22/4/043001
5. P. Zubko, S. Gariglio, M. Gabay, P. Ghosez, and J.-M. Triscone, Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 2, 141 (2011). ARCMCX 1947-5454 10.1146/annurev- conmatphys-062910-140445
6. R. Pentcheva, R. Arras, K. Otte, V. G. Ruiz, and W. E. Pickett, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 370, 4904 (2012). PTRMAD 1364-503X 10.1098/rsta.2012.0202
7. G. Herranz, F. Sanchez, N. Dix, M. Scigaj, and J. Fontcuberta, Sci. Rep. 2, 758 (2012). SRCEC3 2045-2322 10.1038/srep00758
8. F. D. M. Haldane, Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2015 (1988). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2015
9. D. Xiao, W. Zhu, Y. Ran, N. Nagaosa, and S. Okamoto, Nat. Commun. 2, 596 (2011). NCAOBW 2041-1723 10.1038/ncomms1602
10. A. Rüegg and G. A. Fiete, Phys. Rev. B 84, 201103 (2011). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.201103
11. K.-Y. Yang, W. Zhu, D. Xiao, S. Okamoto, Z. Wang, and Y. Ran, Phys. Rev. B 84, 201104(R) (2011). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.201104
12. A. Rüegg, C. Mitra, A. A. Demkov, and G. A. Fiete, Phys. Rev. B 85, 245131 (2012). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.245131
13. M. Gilbert, P. Zubko, R. Scherwitzl, and J.-M. Triscone, Nat. Mater. 11, 195 (2012). NMAACR 1476-1122 10.1038/nmat3224
14. S. Middey, D. Meyers, M. Kareev, E. J. Moon, B. A. Gray, X. Liu, J. W. Freeland, and J. Chakhalian, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 261602 (2012). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.4773375
15. R. Pentcheva and W. E. Pickett, Phys. Rev. B 74, 035112 (2006). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.035112 (Pubitemid 44079249)
16. R. Pentcheva and W. E. Pickett, Phys. Rev. B 78, 205106 (2008). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.205106
17. Z. Zhong and P. J. Kelly, Europhys. Lett. 84, 27 001 (2008). EULEEJ 0295-5075 10.1209/0295-5075/84/27001
18. Z. S. Popovic, S. Satpathy, and R. M. Martin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 256801 (2008). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.256801
19. M. Salluzzo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 166804 (2009). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.166804
20. V. Pardo and W. E. Pickett, Phys. Rev. B 81, 245117 (2010). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245117
21. V. Pardo and W. E. Pickett, Phys. Rev. B 81, 035111 (2010). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.035111
22. K. Schwarz and P. Blaha, Comput. Mater. Sci. 28, 259 (2003). CMMSEM 0927-0256 10.1016/S0927-0256(03)00112-5
23. P. Blaha, K. Schwarz, G. K. H. Madsen, D. Kvasnicka, and J. Luitz, WIEN2k, An Augmented Plane Wave Plus Local Orbitals Program for Calculating Crystal Properties (Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 2001).
24. J. P. Perdew, K. Burke, and M. Ernzerhof, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3865 (1996). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3865
25. V. I. Anisimov, J. Zaanen, and O. K. Andersen, Phys. Rev. B 44, 943 (1991). PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.44.943
26. I. Solovyev, N. Hamada, and K. Terakura, Phys. Rev. B 53, 7158 (1996). PRBMDO 0163-1829 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.7158
27. E. Pavarini, S. Biermann, A. Poteryaev, A. Lichtenstein, A. Georges, and O. Andersen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 176403 (2004). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.176403
28. S. V. Streltsov, A. Mylnikova, A. Shorikov, Z. Pchelkina, D. Khomskii, and V. Anisimov, Phys. Rev. B 71, 245114 (2005). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.245114 (Pubitemid 41702911)
29. See Supplemental Material at http://link.aps.org/supplemental/10.1103/ PhysRevLett.111.126804 for details on lattice relaxations and dependence on U.
30. J. W. Freeland, J. Liu, M. Kareev, B. Gray, J. W. Kim, P. Ryan, R. Pentcheva, and J. Chakhalian, Europhys. Lett. 96, 57 004 (2011). EULEEJ 0295-5075 10.1209/0295-5075/96/57004
31. K. Sun, Z. Gu, H. Katsura, and S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 236803 (2011). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.236803
32. C. Wu, D. Bergman, L. Balents, and S. Das Sarma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 070401 (2007). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.070401 (Pubitemid 47294599)
33. X. Hu, A. Rüegg, and G. A. Fiete, Phys. Rev. B 86, 235141 (2012). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235141
34. D. L. Bergman, C. Wu, and L. Balents, Phys. Rev. B 78, 125104 (2008). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.125104
35. C. Weeks and M. Franz, Phys. Rev. B 85, 041104 (2012). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.041104
36. F. Wang and Y. Ran, Phys. Rev. B 84, 241103 (2011). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.241103
37. J.-M. Hou, Commun. Theor. Phys. 52, 247 (2009). CTPHDI 0253-6102 10.1088/0253-6102/52/2/11
38. D. Green, L. Santos, and C. Chamon, Phys. Rev. B 82, 075104 (2010). PRBMDO 1098-0121 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075104
39. H. Katsura, I. Maruyama, A. Tanaka, and H. Tasaki, Europhys. Lett. 91, 57 007 (2010). EULEEJ 0295-5075 10.1209/0295-5075/91/57007
40. L. Fu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 106802 (2011). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.106802
41. M. Kargarian and G. A. Fiete, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 156403 (2013). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.156403
42. R.-J. Slager, A. Mesaros, V. Juricic, and J. Zaanen, Nat. Phys. 9, 98 (2013). NPAHAX 1745-2473 10.1038/nphys2513