Turning a nickelate Fermi surface into a cupratelike one through heterostructuring.

Phys Rev Lett

Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

Published: July 2009

Using the local density approximation and its combination with dynamical mean-field theory, we show that electronic correlations induce a single-sheet, cupratelike Fermi surface for hole-doped 1/1 LaNiO3/LaAlO3 heterostructures, even though both eg orbitals contribute to it. The Ni 3d3z(2)-1} orbital plays the role of the axial Cu 4s-like orbital in the cuprates. These two results indicate that "orbital engineering" by means of heterostructuring should be possible. As we also find strong antiferromagnetic correlations, the low-energy electronic and spin excitations in nickelate heterostructures resemble those of high-temperature cuprate superconductors.

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