Oxygen vacancies at titanate interfaces: two-dimensional magnetism and orbital reconstruction

Details Oxygen vacancies at titanate interfaces: two-dimensional magnetism and orbital reconstruction Oxygen vacancies at titanate interfaces: two-dimensional magnetism and orbital reconstruction

2012-04-20

arxiv.org/abs/1204.4711v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

12 pages, 16 figures

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We show that oxygen vacancies at titanate interfaces induce a complex multiorbital reconstruction which involves a lowering of the local symmetry and an inversion of t2g and eg orbitals resulting in the occupation of the eg orbitals of Ti atoms neighboring the O vacancy. The orbital reconstruction depends strongly on the clustering of O vacancies and can be accompanied by a magnetic splitting between the local eg orbitals with lobes directed towards the vacancy and interface dxy orbitals. The reconstruction generates a two-dimensional interface magnetic state not observed in bulk SrTiO3. Using generalized gradient approximation (LSDA) with intra-atomic Coulomb repulsion (GGA+U), we find that this magnetic state is common for titanate surfaces and interfaces.

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