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

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

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

Abstract

The manipulation of the spin degrees of freedom in a solid has been of fundamental and technological interest recently for developing high-speed, low-power computational devices. There has been much work focused on developing highly spin-polarized materials and understanding their behavior when incorporated into so-called spintronic devices. These devices usually require spin splitting with magnetic fields. However, there is another promising strategy to achieve spin splitting using spatial symmetry breaking without the use of a magnetic field, known as Rashba-type splitting. Here we report evidence for a giant Rashba-type splitting at the interface of LaTiO3 and SrTiO3. Analysis of the magnetotransport reveals anisotropic magnetoresistance, weak anti-localization and quantum oscillation behavior consistent with a large Rashba-type splitting. It is surprising to find a large Rashba-type splitting in 3d transition metal oxide-based systems such as the LaTiO3/SrTiO3 interface, but it is promising for the development of a new kind of oxide-based spintronics. © 2018 The Author(s).

Date Published

Journal

Nature Communications

Volume

9

Issue

1

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045420330&doi=10.1038%2fs41467-018-04014-0&partnerID=40&md5=972c25b5d11c03414278b16b8412607a

DOI

10.1038/s41467-018-04014-0

Group (Lab)

Brad Ramshaw Group

Funding Source

G03
SFB/TRR 80
1157490

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