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复合氧化物中的非线性绝缘体

Nonlinear Insulator in Complex Oxides

Z. Q. Liu, D. P. Leusink, W. M. Lü, X. Wang, X. P. Yang, K. Gopinadhan, A. Annadi, S. Dhar, Y. P. Feng, H. B. Su, G. Xiong, T. Venkatesan, Ariando

摘要:

绝缘态是凝聚态物质中最基本的电子相之一。该状态的特征在于电子激发的能隙,其使得绝缘体在低能量下电惰性。然而,对于复合氧化物,绝缘体的概念必须重新审视。复合氧化物的行为与整个半导体工业所基于的传统绝缘体(如SiO2)不同,因为它们的带隙内存在多个缺陷能级。随着半导体工业转向使用这种氧化物作为高介电(高k)材料,我们需要真正了解这些氧化物在各种电场激发下的绝缘性能。在这里,我们报告了一类称为非线性绝缘体的新材料,它具有可逆的电场诱导金属-绝缘体转变。我们证明了这种行为的绝缘LaAlO 3薄膜的金属/LaAlO 3/Nb-SrTiO 3异质结构。当施加合适的电压时,观察到低电阻金属态和高电阻非金属态之间的可再现的转变。我们的实验结果排除了金属电极或氧空位扩散到LaAlO 3层中的可能性。相反,该现象归因于在LaAlO 3的缺陷态中形成准导带(QCB),其与Nb-SrTiO 3的导带形成连续态。一旦形成这种连续(金属)状态,即使在电压偏置关闭时,该状态也保持稳定。需要相反的电压来耗尽来自缺陷态的电荷。我们操纵和控制这些缺陷态的能力以及复合氧化物的非线性绝缘特性将为开发新型器件开辟一条新的道路。

英文摘要:

The insulating state is one of the most basic electronic phases in condensed matter. This state is characterised by an energy gap for electronic excitations that makes an insulator electrically inert at low energy. However, for complex oxides, the very concept of an insulator must be re-examined. Complex oxides behave differently from conventional insulators such as SiO2, on which the entire semiconductor industry is based, because of the presence of multiple defect levels within their band gap. As the semiconductor industry is moving to such oxides for high-dielectric (high-k) materials, we need to truly understand the insulating properties of these oxides under various electric field excitations. Here we report a new class of material called nonlinear insulators that exhibits a reversible electric-field-induced metal-insulator transition. We demonstrate this behaviour for an insulating LaAlO3 thin film in a metal/LaAlO3/Nb-SrTiO3 heterostructure. Reproducible transitions were observed between a low-resistance metallic state and a high-resistance non-metallic state when applying suitable voltages. Our experimental results exclude the possibility that diffusion of the metal electrodes or oxygen vacancies into the LaAlO3 layer is occurring. Instead, the phenomenon is attributed to the formation of a quasi-conduction band (QCB) in the defect states of LaAlO3 that forms a continuum state with the conduction band of the Nb-SrTiO3. Once this continuum (metallic) state is formed, the state remains stable even when the voltage bias is turned off. An opposing voltage is required to deplete the charges from the defect states. Our ability to manipulate and control these defect states and, thus, the nonlinear insulating properties of complex oxides will open up a new path to develop novel devices.

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