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Tunneling electroresistance in PbZr<sub>0.2</sub>Ti<sub>0.8</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-based ferroelectric tunnel junctions with SrIrO<sub>3</sub>, LaNiO<sub>3</sub>, and La<sub>0.67</sub>Sr<sub>0.33</sub>MnO<sub>3 </sub>electrodes

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Abstract

We report a study of tunneling electroresistance (TER) in epitaxial ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) composed of ferroelectric PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 (PZT) barriers and correlated oxide electrodes. Epitaxial heterostructures LaNiO3 (LNO)/PZT/SrIrO3, LNO/PZT/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3, and LNO/PZT/LNO) are deposited on SrTiO3 (001) substrates via off-axis RF magnetron sputtering, with atomically smooth surface and high crystallinity achieved. The heterostructures are fabricated into tunnel junction devices with cross-strip geometry via photolithography followed by Ar ion milling. Switching the polarization of PZT leads to nonvolatile, reversal modulation of the tunneling current. The maximum room temperature TER ratio is observed in the LNO (8 nm)/PZT (4 nm)/LNO (12 nm) device, reaching about 1,000%. We exploit the Brinkman model to fit the tunneling current and investigate the temperature and magnetic field dependences of TER. Our study provides information about the critical material parameters for designing all-oxide epitaxial FTJs.

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Presenters

  • Yuanyuan Zhang

    Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Authors

  • Yuanyuan Zhang

    Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Le Zhang

    University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Xia Hong

    Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln