Current oscillations in Vanadium Dioxide: evidence for electrically triggered percolation avalanches

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2011-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/1109.1834v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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In this work, we experimentally and theoretically explore voltage controlled oscillations occurring in micro-beams of vanadium dioxide. These oscillations are a result of the reversible insulator to metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide. Examining the structure of the observed oscillations in detail, we propose a modified percolative-avalanche model which allows for voltage-triggering. This model captures the periodicity and waveshape of the oscillations as well as several other key features. Importantly, our modeling shows that while temperature plays a critical role in the vanadium dioxide phase transition, electrically induced heating cannot act as the primary instigator of the oscillations in this configuration. This realization leads us to identify electric field as the most likely candidate for driving the phase transition.

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