Depolarizing-Field Effect in Strained Nanoscale Ferroelectric Capacitors and Tunnel Junctions

Details Depolarizing-Field Effect in Strained Nanoscale Ferroelectric Capacitors and Tunnel Junctions Depolarizing-Field Effect in Strained Nanoscale Ferroelectric Capacitors and Tunnel Junctions

2006-03-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603762v2

Physical Review Letters, vol. 98, art. 257603 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

11 pages, 3 figures, changed content

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.257603

The influence of depolarizing field on the magnitude and stability of a uniform polarization in ferroelectric capacitors and tunnel junctions is studied using a nonlinear thermodynamic theory. It is predicted that, in heterostructures involving strained epitaxial films and metal electrodes, the homogeneous polarization state may remain stable against transformations into the paraelectric phase and into polydomain states down to the nanoscale. This result supports the possibility of depolarizing-field-related resistive switching in ferroelectric tunnel junctions with dissimilar electrodes. The resistance on/off ratio in such junctions is shown to be governed by the difference between the reciprocal capacitances of screening space charges in the electrodes.

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