Gate-tuned anomalous Hall effect driven by Rashba splitting in intermixed LaAlO3/GdTiO3/SrTiO3

Scientific Reports, vol. 11, pp. 10726

Abstract

Abstract The Anomalous Hall Effect (AHE) is an important quantity in determining the properties and understanding the behaviour of the two-dimensional electron system forming at the interface of SrTiO3-based oxide heterostructures. The occurrence of AHE is often interpreted as a signature of ferromagnetism, but it is becoming more and more clear that also paramagnets may contribute to AHE. We studied the influence of magnetic ions by measuring intermixed LaAlO3/GdTiO3/SrTiO3 at temperatures below 10 K. We find that, as function of gate voltage, the system undergoes a Lifshitz transition while at the same time an onset of AHE is observed. However, we do not observe clear signs of ferromagnetism. We argue the AHE to be due to the change in Rashba spin-orbit coupling at the Lifshitz transition and conclude that also paramagnetic moments which are easily polarizable at low temperatures and high magnetic fields lead to the presence of AHE, which needs to be taken into account when extracting carrier densities and mobilities.

Authors 8

1. Martin Stehno

   University of Würzburg

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   Physikalisches Institut (EP 3), Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany

2. Abhimanyu Rana

   BML Munjal University · University of Twente

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   Center for Advanced Materials and Devices, BML Munjal University (Hero Group), Gurgaon, 122413, India

   MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

3. Pim Reith

   University of Twente

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   MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

4. Nicolas Gauquelin

   University of Antwerp

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   Electron Microscopy for Materials Science, University of Antwerp, Campus Groenenborger Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium

5. Johan Verbeeck

   University of Antwerp

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   Electron Microscopy for Materials Science, University of Antwerp, Campus Groenenborger Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium

6. Hans Hilgenkamp

   University of Twente

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   MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

7. Alexander Brinkman

   University of Twente

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   MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

8. J. Aarts corresponding Aachen Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory

   Leiden University

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   Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands. aarts@physics.leidenuniv.nl

   Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands