Tuesday, February 19, 2013

1302.4177 (Kumari Gaurav Rana et al.)

Hot electron transport in a strongly correlated transition metal oxide    [PDF]

Kumari Gaurav Rana, Takeaki Yajima, Subir Parui, Alexander F. Kemper, Thomas P. Devereaux, Yasuyuki Hikita, Harold Y. Hwang, Tamalika Banerjee
Oxide heterointerfaces are ideal for investigating strong correlation effects to electron transport, relevant for oxide-electronics. Using hot-electrons, we probe electron transport perpendicular to the La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ (LSMO)- Nb-doped SrTiO$_3$ (Nb:STO) interface and find the characteristic hot-electron attenuation length in LSMO to be 1.48 $\pm$ 0.10 unit cells (u.c.) at -1.9 V, increasing to 2.02 $\pm$ 0.16 u.c. at -1.3 V at room temperature. Theoretical analysis of this energy dispersion reveals the dominance of electron-electron and polaron scattering. Direct visualization of the local electron transport shows different transmission at the terraces and at the step-edges.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.4177

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