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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 78, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.094413
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- U. S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- National Science Council [NSC 97-3114-M-009-001]
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Detailed analysis of transport, magnetism, and x-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements on ultrathin La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 films with thicknesses from 3 to 70 unit cells resulted in the identification of a lower critical thickness for a nonmetallic nonferromagnetic layer at the interface with the SrTiO3 (001) substrate of only three unit cells (similar to 12 angstrom). Furthermore, linear-dichroism measurements demonstrate the presence of a preferred (x(2)-y(2)) in-plane orbital ordering for all layer thicknesses without any orbital reconstruction at the interface. A crucial requirement for the accurate study of these ultrathin films is a controlled growth process, offering the coexistence of layer-by-layer growth and bulklike magnetic/transport properties.
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