Observation of Wannier-Stark localization at the surface of BaTiO$_3$ films by photoemission

Autor: Muff, Stefan, Pilet, Nicolas, Fanciulli, Mauro, Weber, Andrew P., Wessler, Christian, Ristic, Zoran, Wang, Zhiming, Plumb, Nicholas C., Radovic, Milan, Dil, J. Hugo
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. B 98, 045132 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.045132
Popis: Observation of Bloch oscillations and Wannier-Stark localization of charge carriers is typically impossible in single-crystals, because an electric field higher than the breakdown voltage is required. In BaTiO$_3$ however, high intrinsic electric fields are present due to its ferroelectric properties. With angle-resolved photoemission we directly probe the Wannier-Stark localized surface states of the BaTiO$_3$ film-vacuum interface and show that this effect extends to thin SrTiO$_3$ overlayers. The electrons are found to be localized along the in-plane polarization direction of the BaTiO$_3$ film.
Databáze: arXiv