Enhanced Tunneling Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions due to the Reversible Metallization of the Barrier.
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These studies reveal that, in addition to modulation of the depletion region in n-SrTiO_{3}, the BaTiO_3} barrier layer becomes conducting near the interface for polarization pointing into n- SrTi O_{3], leading to dramatic enhancement of TER.Abstract:
Realizing a large tunneling electroresistance (TER) effect is crucial for device application of ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) FTJs are typically composed of a thin ferroelectric layer sandwiched by two metallic electrodes, where TER generally results from the dependence of the effective tunneling barrier height on the ferroelectric polarization Since the resistance depends exponentially not only on barrier height but also on barrier width, TER is expected to be greatly enhanced when one of the electrodes is a semiconductor where the depletion region near the interface can be controlled via ferroelectric polarization To explore this possibility, we perform studies of SrRuO_{3}/BaTiO_{3}/n-SrTiO_{3} FTJs, where n-SrTiO_{3} is an electron doped SrTiO_{3} electrode, using first-principles density functional theory Our studies reveal that, in addition to modulation of the depletion region in n-SrTiO_{3}, the BaTiO_{3} barrier layer becomes conducting near the interface for polarization pointing into n-SrTiO_{3}, leading to dramatic enhancement of TER The effect is controlled by the band alignment between the semiconductor and the ferroelectric insulator and opens the way for experimental realization of enhanced TER in FTJs through the choice of a semiconducting electrode and interface engineeringread more
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