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Dimensional-Crossover-Driven Metal-Insulator Transition in SrVO3 Ultrathin Films...

Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Physical Review Letters
Publication Date
Page Number
147601
Volume
104
Issue
14

We have investigated the changes occurring in the electronic structure of digitally controlled SrVO3 ultrathin films across the dimensionality-controlled metal-insulator transition (MIT) by in situ photoemission spectroscopy. With decreasing film thickness, a pseudogap is formed at EF through spectral weight transfer from the coherent part to the incoherent part. The pseudogap finally evolves into an energy gap that is indicative of the MIT in a SrVO3 ultrathin film. The observed spectral behavior is reproduced by layer dynamical-mean-field-theory calculations, and it indicates that the observed MIT is caused by the reduction in the bandwidth due to the dimensional crossover.