Quantum oscillations in an optically-illuminated two-dimensional electron system at the LaAlO${}_3$/SrTiO${}_3$ interface

Abstract

We have investigated the illumination effect on the magnetotransport properties of a two-dimensional electron system at the LaAlO${}_3$/SrTiO${}_3$ interface. The illumination significantly reduces the zero-field sheet resistance, eliminates the Kondo effect at low-temperature, and switches the negative magnetoresistance into the positive one. A large increase in the density of high-mobility carriers after illumination leads to quantum oscillations in the magnetoresistance originating from the Landau quantization. The carrier density ($\sim 2\times 10^{12}$ cm${}^{-2}$) and effective mass ($\sim 1.7m_e$) estimated from the oscillations suggest that the high-mobility electrons occupy the d${}_{xz/yz}$ subbands of Ti:t${}_{2g}$ orbital extending deep within the conducting sheet of SrTiO${}_3$. Our results demonstrate that the illumination which induces additional carriers at the interface can pave the way to control the Kondo-like scattering and study the quantum transport in the complex oxide heterostructures.

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