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Magnetoelectric Effect At The Srruo3/Batio3 (001) Interface: An Ab Initio Study, Manish K. Niranjan, John D. Burton, Julian P. Velev, Sitaram Jaswal, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Magnetoelectric Effect At The Srruo3/Batio3 (001) Interface: An Ab Initio Study, Manish K. Niranjan, John D. Burton, Julian P. Velev, Sitaram Jaswal, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Evgeny Tsymbal Publications
Ferromagnet/ferroelectric interface materials have emerged as structures with strong magnetoelectric coupling that may exist due to unconventional physical mechanisms. Here we present a first-principles study of the magnetoelectric effect at the ferromagnet/ferroelectric SrRuO3 /BaTiO3 (001) interface. We find that the exchange splitting of the spin-polarized band structure, and therefore the magnetization, at the interface can be altered substantially by reversal of the ferroelectric polarization in the BaTiO3. These magnetoelectric effects originate from the screening of polarization charges at the SrRuO3 /BaTiO3 interface and are consistent with the Stoner model for itinerant magnetism.
Tunneling Electroresistance In Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions With A Composite Barrier, M. Ye. Zhuravlev, Yong Wang, S. Maekawa, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Tunneling Electroresistance In Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions With A Composite Barrier, M. Ye. Zhuravlev, Yong Wang, S. Maekawa, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Evgeny Tsymbal Publications
Tunneling electroresistance (TER) effect is the change in the electrical resistance of a ferroelectric tunnel junction (FTJ) associated with polarization reversal in the ferroelectric barrier layer. Here we predict that a FTJ with a composite barrier that combines a functional ferroelectric film and a thin layer of a nonpolar dielectric can exhibit a significantly enhanced TER. Due to the change in the electrostatic potential with polarization reversal, the nonpolar dielectric barrier acts as a switch that changes its barrier height from a low to high value. The predicted values of TER are giant and indicate that the resistance of the …