We performed in situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements on La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 thin and ultrathin films deposited onto SrTiO3 substrates in order to determine their electronic band structure. We directly identified, in ultrathin films, an enhancement of the occupation of the out-of-plane Mn 3d e(g) (3z(2)-r(2)) band at the expense of the in-plane 3d e(g) (x(2)-y(2)) band. Such a disproportionate change in orbital occupation is interpreted as the origin of the strong depression of the magnetotransport properties at the interface between manganite films and substrates.
Preferential occupation of interface bands in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 films as seen via angle-resolved photoemission / A., Tebano; A., Orsini; P. G., Medaglia; D., Di Castro; G., Balestrino; B., Freelon; A., Bostwick; Chang Young, Jun; G., Gaines; E., Rotenberg; Saini, Naurang Lal. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 82:(2010), pp. 214407-1-214407-5. [10.1103/physrevb.82.214407]
Preferential occupation of interface bands in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 films as seen via angle-resolved photoemission
SAINI, Naurang Lal
2010
Abstract
We performed in situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements on La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 thin and ultrathin films deposited onto SrTiO3 substrates in order to determine their electronic band structure. We directly identified, in ultrathin films, an enhancement of the occupation of the out-of-plane Mn 3d e(g) (3z(2)-r(2)) band at the expense of the in-plane 3d e(g) (x(2)-y(2)) band. Such a disproportionate change in orbital occupation is interpreted as the origin of the strong depression of the magnetotransport properties at the interface between manganite films and substrates.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
