Dimensional-crossover-driven metal-insulator transition in SrVO3 ultrathin films.
Phys Rev Lett
; 104(14): 147601, 2010 Apr 09.
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| ID: mdl-20481962
ABSTRACT
We have investigated the changes occurring in the electronic structure of digitally controlled SrVO(3) ultrathin films across the metal-insulator transition (MIT) by the film thickness using in situ photoemission spectroscopy. With decreasing film thickness, a pseudogap is formed at E(F) through spectral weight transfer from the coherent part to the incoherent part. The pseudogap finally evolves into an energy gap that is indicative of the MIT in a SrVO(3) ultrathin film. The observed spectral behavior is reproduced by layer dynamical-mean-field-theory calculations, and it indicates that the observed MIT is caused by the reduction in the bandwidth due to the dimensional crossover.
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En
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Phys Rev Lett
Year:
2010
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Japan