Nature of weak magnetism in SrTiO3/LaAlO3 multilayers

Z. Salman; O. Ofer; M. Radovic; H. Hao; M. Ben Shalom; K. H. Chow; Y. Dagan; M. D. Hossain; C. D.P. Levy; W. A. MacFarlane; G. M. Morris; L. Patthey; M. R. Pearson; H. Saadaoui; T. Schmitt; D. Wang; R. F. Kiefl

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.257207

Nature of weak magnetism in SrTiO₃/LaAlO₃ multilayers

Z. Salman^*
, O. Ofer
, M. Radovic
, H. Hao
, M. Ben Shalom
, K. H. Chow
, Y. Dagan
, M. D. Hossain
, C. D.P. Levy
, W. A. MacFarlane
, G. M. Morris
, L. Patthey
, M. R. Pearson
, H. Saadaoui
, T. Schmitt
, D. Wang
, R. F. Kiefl

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report the observation of weak magnetism in superlattices of LaAlO ₃/SrTiO₃ using β-detected nuclear magnetic resonance. The spin lattice relaxation rate of Li8 in superlattices with a spacer layers of 8 and 6 unit cells of LaAlO₃ exhibits a strong peak near ∼35 K, whereas no such peak is observed in a superlattice with spacer layer thickness of 3 unit cells. We attribute the observed temperature dependence to slowing down of weakly coupled electronic moments at the LaAlO ₃/SrTiO₃ interface. These results show that the magnetism at the interface depends strongly on the thickness of the spacer layer, and that a minimal thickness of ∼4-6 unit cells is required for the appearance of magnetism. A simple model is used to determine that the observed relaxation is due to small fluctuating moments (∼0.002μ_B) in the two samples with a larger LaAlO₃ spacer thickness.

Original language	English
Article number	257207
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	109
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.257207
State	Published - 20 Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Salman, Z., Ofer, O., Radovic, M., Hao, H., Ben Shalom, M., Chow, K. H., Dagan, Y., Hossain, M. D., Levy, C. D. P., MacFarlane, W. A., Morris, G. M., Patthey, L., Pearson, M. R., Saadaoui, H., Schmitt, T., Wang, D., & Kiefl, R. F. (2012). Nature of weak magnetism in SrTiO₃/LaAlO₃ multilayers. Physical Review Letters, 109(25), Article 257207. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.257207

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