Signatures of a two-dimensional ferromagnetic electron gas at the La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3 interface arising from orbital reconstruction.

Nemes, Norbert Marcel; Calderón, María José; Beltrán, Juan Ignacio; Bruno, Flavio Yair; García-Barriocanal, Javier; Sefrioui, Zouhair; León, Carlos; García-Hernández, Mar et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The magnetoresistance of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3 superlattices with magnetic field rotating out-of-plane shows unexpected peaks for in-plane fields. Resistivity calculations with spin-orbit coupling reveal that orbital reconstruction at the manganite interface leads to a 2D ferromagnetic electron gas coupled antiparallel to the manganite "bulk". These orbital and magnetic reconstructions are supported by X-ray linear dichroism and ab initio calculations.