Photocarrier transport of ferroelectric photovoltaic thin films detected by the magnetic dynamics of adjacent ferromagnetic layers

Transport and magnetic properties in ferromagnetic manganese-oxide thin films

The transport and magnetic properties in ferromagnetic manganese-oxide thin films are studied based on the model of the coupling between the mobile d-electrons and the core spins in Mn ions. The spontaneous magnetization and the resistivity are obtained for various magnetic fields and temperature. The resistivity in absence of magnetic field and the magnetoresistance exhibit maxima near the Cur...

Towards Room - Temperature deterministic ferroelectric control of ferromagnetic thin films

The persisting demand of higher computing power and faster information processing keeps pushing scientists and engineers to explore novel materials and device structures. Within emerging functional materials, there is a focus on multiferroics materials and material-systems possessing both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic orders. Multiferroics with two order parameters coupled through a magnetoel...

Charge Transport in Ferroelectric Thin Films

Dielectric properties of ferroelectric thin films with surface transition layers.

By taking into account surface transition layers (STL), the dielectric properties of ferroelectric thin films described by the transverse Ising model are discussed in the framework of the mean field approximation. Functions of the intra-layer and inter-layer couplings are introduced to characterize STL, which makes the model more realistic compared to previous treatment of surface layers using ...

Tunable Schottky Barrier in Photovoltaic BiFeO3 Based Ferroelectric Composite Thin Films

We examine the photo-assisted polarization loop in a BiFeO3 thin film under UV light illumination. BiFeO3 thin film prepared by pulsed laser deposition method onto the BaTiO3 thin film and the polarization behavior has been measured under poling voltage. Our results show the engineered polarization due to controllable schottky barrier under inverse poling voltage. This control on schottky barri...