Giant spin splitting of the two-dimensional electron gas at the surface of SrTiO3

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1085-1090

  Santander Syro, A F ^a   Fortuna, F ^a   Bareille, C ^a   Rodel T C ^a,b   Landolt, G ^c,d   Plumb, N C ^d   Dil, J H ^c,d,e   Radovic, M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; ELECTROSPINNING; ENERGY GAP; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BRILLOUIN ZONES; COEXISTING FERROMAGNETISM; METAL TRANSITION; SPIN SPLITTINGS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES;

TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 84923654684     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4107     Document Type: Article

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