Visualization of quasiparticle interference on the surface of SrVO$_{3}$ film

ORAL

Abstract

Establishing the atomic level mechanism leading to long-lived 2D quasiparticle state (\textit{coherent 2D electronic state}) at surface/interface of perovskite oxide has been an important challenge since such electronic state can host many interesting quantum phenomena. In this study, we probed the electronic structure of SrVO$_{3}$ (001) thin film surface by means of spectroscopic imaging scanning tunneling microscope, which is an ideal approach to probe coherent 2D electronic nature via observation of quasiparticle interference (QPI). For the first time in perovskite oxide, we report the QPI on a SrVO$_{3}$ (001) thin film surface and reveal that the surface of SrVO$_{3}$ is a coherent 2D electronic state. Moreover, we observed that apical oxygen is present on VO$_{2}$-terminated top-most plane. In combination with band calculation, we will discuss the atomic scale mechanism of how coherent 2D electronic state emerges on surface of SrVO$_{3}$, whose bulk electronic state has one electron in degenerated t$_{\mathrm{2g}}$ level.

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Authors

  • Yoshinori Okada

    AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan, Tohoku University

  • Tay-Rong Chang

    National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University

  • Ryota Shimizu

    AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan, AIMR, Tohoku University

  • Guoqing Chang

    National University of Singapore

  • Horng-Tay Jeng

    National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

  • Susumu Shiraki

    AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan

  • Hsin Lin

    National University of Singapore, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore

  • Taro Hitosugi

    AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan