Photoresponse dynamics in amorphous-LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces

被引：31

作者：

di Gennaro, Emiliano ^{[1
,2
]}

Coscia, Ubaldo ^{[1
,3
]}

Ambrosone, Giuseppina ^{[1
,2
]}

Khare, Amit ^{[1
,2
]}

Granozio, Fabio Miletto ^{[1
,2
]}

di Uccio, Umberto Scotti ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Fis, I-80126 Naples, Italy

[2] Compl Univ Monte S Angelo, CNR SPIN, I-80126 Naples, Italy

[3] Compl Univ Monte S Angelo, CNISM Unita Napoli, I-80126 Naples, Italy

来源：

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2015年 / 5卷

关键词：

PERSISTENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON-GAS; ORIGIN;

D O I：

10.1038/srep08393

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The time-resolved photoconductance of amorphous and crystalline LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces, both hosting an interfacial 2-dimensional electron gas, is investigated under irradiation by variable-wavelengths, visible or ultraviolet photons. Unlike bare SrTiO3 single crystals, showing relatively small photoconductance effects, both kinds of interfaces exhibit an intense and highly persistent photoconductance with extraordinarily long characteristic times. The temporal behaviour of the extra photoinduced conductance persisting after light irradiation shows a complex dependence on interface type (whether amorphous or crystalline), sample history and irradiation wavelength. The experimental results indicate that different mechanisms of photoexcitation are responsible for the photoconductance of crystalline and amorphous LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces under visible light. We propose that the response of crystalline samples is mainly due to the promotion of electrons from the valence bands of both SrTiO3 and LaAlO3. This second channel is less relevant in amorphous LaAlO3/SrTiO3, where the higher density of point defects plays instead a major role.

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