Giant Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions
@article{Zhuravlev2005GiantEI, title={Giant Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions}, author={Mikhail Ye. Zhuravlev and Renat F. Sabirianov and Sitaram S. Jaswal and Evgeny Y. Tsymbal}, journal={Physical Review Letters}, year={2005}, volume={94}, pages={246802} }
The interplay between the electron transport in metal-ferroelectric-metal junctions with ultrathin ferroelectric barriers and the polarization state of a barrier is investigated. Using a model which takes into account screening of polarization charges in metallic electrodes and direct quantum tunneling across a ferroelectric barrier, we calculate the change in the tunneling conductance associated with the polarization switching. We find the conductance change of a few orders of magnitude for…
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