Tuning the electronic effective mass in double-doped SrTiO3

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作者
Ravichandran, J. [1 ,2 ]
Siemons, W. [3 ]
Scullin, M. L. [2 ,4 ]
Mukerjee, S. [3 ,5 ]
Huijben, M. [3 ,6 ,7 ]
Moore, J. E. [2 ,3 ]
Majumdar, A. [1 ,2 ,4 ,8 ]
Ramesh, R. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Appl Sci & Technol Grad Grp, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Div Mat Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[5] Indian Inst Sci, Dept Phys, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
[6] Univ Twente, Fac Sci & Technol, NL-7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands
[7] Univ Twente, MESA Inst Nanotechnol, NL-7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands
[8] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mech Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2011年 / 83卷 / 03期
关键词
TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE; THIN-FILMS; SILICON; GAP;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.83.035101
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We elucidate the relationship between effective mass and carrier concentration in an oxide semiconductor controlled by a double-doping mechanism. In this model oxide system, Sr1-xLaxTiO3-delta, we can tune the effective mass ranging from 6 to 20m(e) as a function of filling (carrier concentration) and the scattering mechanism, which are dependent on the chosen lanthanum-and oxygen-vacancy concentrations. The effective mass values were calculated from the Boltzmann transport equation using the measured transport properties of thin films of Sr1-xLaxTiO3-delta. We show that the effective mass decreases with carrier concentration in this large-band-gap, low-mobility oxide, and this behavior is contrary to the traditional high-mobility, small-effective-mass semiconductors.
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