Ferroelectric Phase Transitions in Films with Depletion Charge

Details Ferroelectric Phase Transitions in Films with Depletion Charge Ferroelectric Phase Transitions in Films with Depletion Charge

1999-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9908070v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

11 pages, REVTeX 3.1, five eps-figures included in the text. Minor clarifications in the text. To appear in Phys. Rev. B 61, A

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.61.15042

We consider ferroelectric phase transitions in both short-circuited and biased ferroelectric-semiconductor films with a space (depletion) charge which leads to some unusual behavior. It is shown that in the presence of the charge the polarization separates into `switchable' and `non-switchable' parts. The electric field, appearing due to the space charge, does not wash out the phase transition, which remains second order but takes place at somewhat reduced temperature. At the same time, it leads to a suppression of the ferroelectricity in a near-electrode layer. This conclusion is valid for materials with both second and first order phase transitions in pure bulk samples. Influence of the depletion charge on thermodynamic coercive field reduces mainly to the lowering of the phase transition temperature, and its effect is negligible. The depletion charge can, however, facilitate an appearance of the domain structure which would be detrimental for device performance (fatigue). We discuss some issues of conceptual character, which are generally known but were overlooked in previous works. The present results have general implications for small systems with depletion charge.

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