Semiconductor layer thickness impact on optical and resistive switching behavior of pulsed laser deposited BaTiO3/ZnO heterostructures

This work reports the impact of ZnO layer thickness on optical and resistive switching behavior of BaTiO3/ZnO heterostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition. The interface polarization coupling becomes more efficient and causes a remarkable change in heterostructure properties with decrease in Zn...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2013-05, Vol.102 (21)
Main Authors: Sekhar, K. C., Silva, J. P. B., Kamakshi, Koppole, Pereira, M., Gomes, M. J. M.
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Language:English
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Summary:This work reports the impact of ZnO layer thickness on optical and resistive switching behavior of BaTiO3/ZnO heterostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition. The interface polarization coupling becomes more efficient and causes a remarkable change in heterostructure properties with decrease in ZnO layer thickness. The heterostructure with ZnO thickness of 25 nm displays the enhanced resistive switching characteristics with switching ratio ≈106 and good stability in low and high resistance states. Moreover, the photoluminescence spectrum exhibits two additional blue emissions when ZnO thickness is ≤50 nm and their mechanism is highlighted based on interface band offset and interface polarization coupling effect.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4809531