Lattice relaxation and ferromagnetic character of $(LaVO_{3})_{m}/SrVO_{3}$ superlattices
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Computational Physics and Materials Science (CPMS)Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2013-08-13Online Publication Date
2013-08-13Print Publication Date
2013-08-01Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/562895
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The experimental observation that vanadate superlattices (LaVO 3)m/SrVO3 show ferromagnetism up to room temperature (Lüders U. et al., Phys. Rev. B, 80 (2009) 241102(R)) is investigated by means of density functional theory, and the band structure for m = 5 and 6 is calculated. A buckling of the interface VO2 layers is found in both cases, but subtle differences in bond length lead to very different properties for even and odd values of m: in the even case, the two interface VO2 layers effectively decouple from the adjacent LaO layers due to a strong bond length enhancement. This results into a local inversion of the orbital occupancy and to the confinement of the charge carriers. In the odd case, the amplitude of the bond length variation is smaller, so that the charge carriers spill into the deeper-lying VO2 layers, and spin-polarised interfaces are obtained. © Copyright EPLA, 2013.Citation
Schuster, C., Lüders, U., Frésard, R., & Schwingenschlögl, U. (2013). Lattice relaxation and ferromagnetic character of (LaVO 3 ) m /SrVO 3 superlattices. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 103(3), 37003. doi:10.1209/0295-5075/103/37003Sponsors
We thank S. NAZIR and T. KOPP for valuable discussions. Financial support by the German Research Foundation within TRR 80 (CS) and by the ANR through GeCoDo-ANR-2011-JS0800101 (UL and RF) is acknowledged. UL and RF thank the Region Basse-Normandie and the Ministere de la Recherche for financial support.Publisher
IOP PublishingJournal
EPL (Europhysics Letters)arXiv
1211.2999ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1209/0295-5075/103/37003