Growth of high quality Sr2IrO4 epitaxial thin films on conductive substrates*

Author:

Xu Hui,Cui Zhangzhang,Zhai Xiaofang,Lu Yalin

Abstract

Ruddlesden–Popper iridium oxides have attracted considerable interest because of the many proposed novel quantum states that arise from the large spin–orbit coupling of the heavy iridium atoms in them. A prominent example is the single layer Sr2IrO4, in which superconductivity has been proposed under electron doping. However, the synthesis of Sr2IrO4 high quality thin films has been a huge challenge due to the easy formation of impurities associated with different numbers of SrO layers. Thus techniques to optimize the growth of pure phase Sr2IrO4 are urgently required. Here we report the deposition of high quality Sr2IrO4 thin films on both insulating SrTiO3 and conducting SrTiO3:Nb substrates using pulsed laser deposition assisted with reflective high-energy electron diffraction. The optimal deposition temperature of Sr2IrO4 epitaxial films on SrTiO3:Nb substrates is about 90 °C lower than that on SrTiO3 substrates. The electrical transports of high quality Sr2IrO4 films are measured, which follow the three-dimensional Mott variable-range hopping model. The film magnetizations are measured, which show weak ferromagnetism below ∼240 K with a saturation magnetization of 0.2 μ B /Ir at 5 K. This study provides applicable methods to prepare high quality 5d Sr2IrO4 epitaxial films, which could be extended to other Ruddlesden–Popper phases and potentially help the future study of exotic quantum phenomena in them.

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Subject

General Physics and Astronomy

Cited by 3 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3