Cooper Pair Writing at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interface

Details Cooper Pair Writing at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interface Cooper Pair Writing at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interface

2010-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/1009.2424v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

19 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

The LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface provides a unique platform for controlling the electronic properties of the superconducting semiconductor SrTiO3. Prior investigations have shown that two-dimensional superconductivity can be produced at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface and tuned electrostatically. The recently demonstrated reversible control of the metal-insulator transition at the same interface using conductive atomic force microscopy (c-AFM) raises the question of whether this room-temperature technique can produce structures that exhibit superconducting, normal metallic and insulating phases at sub-Kelvin temperatures. Here we report low-temperature magnetotransport experiments on conducting structures defined at an otherwise insulating LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface. A quantum phase transition associated with the formation of Cooper pairs is observed in these predefined structures at sub-Kelvin temperatures. However, a finite resistance remains even at the lowest temperature. At higher magnetic fields, interfaces with high mobility also exhibit strong Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations as well as a larger Ginsburg-Landau coherence length. Cooper pair localization, spin-orbit coupling, and finite-size effects may factor into an explanation for some of the unusual properties observed.

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