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American Physical Society, Physical review B, 10(90)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.90.100506

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Magnetic field tuned superconductor-to-insulator transition at theLaAlO3/SrTiO3interface

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Abstract

We present a study of the magnetic field tuned superconductor-to-insulator transition (SIT) in the electron gas that forms at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ interface. We find that the magnetic field induces a transition into a weakly insulating state, as is observed for the electrostatically tuned SIT at this interface. Finite size scaling of the magnetoresistance yields the critical exponent product $zν ≃$ 7/3, indicating that the transition is governed by quantum percolation effects. While such critical exponents have been reported previously for high resistance films, they have not been reported for a low resistance system like ours, with a maximum sheet resistance of $≈$ 1.5 k$Ω$, much less than the quantum of resistance $R_Q ≡ h/4e^2 = 6.45$ k$Ω$. ; Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures