Epitaxial cuprate superconductor/ferroelectric heterostructures
Publication Type
Journal Article
Authors
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, A. Inam, W.K. Chan, B. Wilkens, K. Myers, K. Remschnig, D.L. Hart, J.M. Tarascon
DOI
Abstract
Thin-film heterostructures of Bi4Ti3O 12/Bi2Sr2CuO6+x have been grown on single crystals of SrTiO3, LaAlO3, and MgAl 2O4 by pulsed laser deposition. X-ray diffraction studies show the presence of c-axis orientation only; Rutherford backscattering experiments show the composition to be close to the nominal stoichiometry. The films are ferroelectric and exhibit a symmetric hysteresis loop. The remanent polarization was 1.0 microcoulomb per square centimeter, and the coercive field was 2.0 × 105 volts per centimeter. Similar results were obtained with YBa2Cu3O7-x and Bi 2Sr2CaCu2O8+x, and single-crystal Bi2Sr2CuO6+x as the bottom electrodes. These films look promising for use as novel, lattice-matched, epitaxial ferroelectronic film/electrode heterostructures in nonvolatile memory applications.
Journal
Science
Volume
252
Year of Publication
1991
ISSN
00368075