Evidence of weak superconductivity at the room-temperature grown LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface

G. E. D. K. Prawiroatmodjo, F. Trier, D. V. Christensen, Y. Chen, N. Pryds, and T. S. Jespersen
Phys. Rev. B 93, 184504 – Published 16 May 2016

Abstract

The two-dimensional electron gas at the crystalline LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (c-LAO/STO) interface has sparked large interest due to its exotic properties, including an intriguing gate-tunable superconducting phase. While there is growing evidence of pronounced spatial inhomogeneity in the conductivity at STO-based interfaces, the consequences for superconductivity remain largely unknown. We study interfaces based on amorphous LAO top layers grown at room temperature (a-LAO/STO) and demonstrate a superconducting phase similar to c-LAO/STO, however, with a gate-tunable critical temperature of 460mK. The dependence of the superconducting critical current on temperature, magnetic field, and back-gate-controlled doping is found to be consistently described by a model of a random array of Josephson-coupled superconducting domains.

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  • Received 1 October 2015
  • Revised 27 April 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.184504

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

G. E. D. K. Prawiroatmodjo1,*, F. Trier2, D. V. Christensen2, Y. Chen2, N. Pryds2, and T. S. Jespersen1

  • 1Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Risø Campus, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark

  • *guen@nbi.dk

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Vol. 93, Iss. 18 — 1 May 2016

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