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Nature of Weak Magnetism in SrTiO3/LaAlO3 Multilayers

Salman, Z.
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Ofer, O.
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Radovic, M.  
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2012
Physical Review Letters

We report the observation of weak magnetism in superlattices of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 using beta-detected nuclear magnetic resonance. The spin lattice relaxation rate of Li-8 in superlattices with a spacer layers of 8 and 6 unit cells of LaAlO3 exhibits a strong peak near similar to 35 K, whereas no such peak is observed in a superlattice with spacer layer thickness of 3 unit cells. We attribute the observed temperature dependence to slowing down of weakly coupled electronic moments at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface. These results show that the magnetism at the interface depends strongly on the thickness of the spacer layer, and that a minimal thickness of similar to 4-6 unit cells is required for the appearance of magnetism. A simple model is used to determine that the observed relaxation is due to small fluctuating moments (similar to 0.002 mu(B)) in the two samples with a larger LaAlO3 spacer thickness. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.257207

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.257207
Web of Science ID

WOS:000312841700013

Author(s)
Salman, Z.
Ofer, O.
Radovic, M.  
Hao, H.
Ben Shalom, M.
Chow, K. H.
Dagan, Y.
Hossain, M. D.
Levy, C. D. P.
Macfarlane, W. A.
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Date Issued

2012

Publisher

Amer Physical Soc

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

109

Issue

25

Article Number

257207

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REVIEWED

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