Identification of a functional point defect in SrTiO3
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- Title
- Identification of a functional point defect in SrTiO3
- Authors
- LEE, DAESU; Wang, H.; Noesges, B. A.; Asel, T. J.; Pan, J.; Lee, J.-W.; Yan, Q.; Brillson, L. J.; Wu, X.; Eom, C.-B.
- Date Issued
- 2018-06
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- Abstract
- Unveiling both the presence and nature of point defects is one of the biggest challenges in condensed matter physics and materials science. Particularly in complex oxides, even a minute amount of unavoidable point defects could generate novel physical phenomena and functions, such as visible light emission and ferroelectricity, yet it remains elusive to clearly identify such point defects. Here, taking SrTiO3 as a model system, we show that iterative feedback among atomic-layer-and stoichiometry-controlled thin-film epitaxy, hybrid density functional theory, and high-resolution cathodoluminescence spectroscopy allows for the identification of a functional cationic defect, the Ti antisite (Ti-Sr) defect. Our cathodoluminescence measurements reveal sub-band-gap luminescence, whose spectral fine structures show excellent quantitative agreement, as well as a one-to-one correspondence, with the theoretically predicted optical transitions from intrinsic point defects such as Ti-Sr. Guided by the theory and spectroscopic results, we also control a cation stoichiometry, and it in turn results in good systematics in cathodoluminescence spectra. Not limited to the identification of Ti-Sr, this approach allows for more reliable, self-consistent defect study, and provides critical insight into amicroscopic picture of point defects in complex oxides.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/94972
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.060403
- ISSN
- 2475-9953
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS, vol. 2, no. 6, 2018-06
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