Modulation doping near Mott-insulator heterojunctions

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Lee, Wei-Cheng [1 ]
MacDonald, A. H. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Texas, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.74.075106
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T [工业技术];
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We argue that interesting strongly correlated two-dimensional electron systems can be created by modulation doping near a heterojunction between Mott insulators. Because the dopant atoms are remote from the carrier system, the electronic system will be weakly disordered. We argue that the competition between different ordered states can be engineered by choosing appropriate values for the dopant density and the setback distance of the doping layer. In particular larger setback distances favor two-dimensional antiferromagnetism over ferromagnetism. We estimate some key properties of modulation-doped Mott-insulator heterojunctions by combining insights from Hartree-Fock theory and dynamical mean-field-theory descriptions and discuss potentially attractive material combinations.
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