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SLAC Publication: SLAC-PUB-15219
SLAC Release Date: August 17, 2012
Photoconductivity and Non-Exponential Relaxation at Insulating LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interfaces
Kim, Minu.
LaAlO3 is grown on SrO terminated (100) SrTiO3, and (110) SrTiO3, producing insulating heterointerfaces without light. Photocurrent spectroscopy at low temperatures reveals a broad distribution of interface states between 2 eV and 2.7 eV at both interfaces, with a higher density in the (110) case concomitant with relatively shallow traps. The photocurrent relaxation can be well fitted by a stretched exponential form, confirming energetically distributed electron traps. Photo-carrier lifetimes ar... Show Full Abstract
LaAlO3 is grown on SrO terminated (100) SrTiO3, and (110) SrTiO3, producing insulating heterointerfaces without light. Photocurrent spectroscopy at low temperatures reveals a broad distribution of interface states between 2 eV and 2.7 eV at both interfaces, with a higher density in the (110) case concomitant with relatively shallow traps. The photocurrent relaxation can be well fitted by a stretched exponential form, confirming energetically distributed electron traps. Photo-carrier lifetimes are larger than a few hundred seconds for optical excitation approaching the SrTiO3 band-gap energy, providing the opportunity to study transient light-induced properties at low temperatures. Show Partial Abstract
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