• Title of article

    Studies of resistance switching effects in metal/YBa2Cu3O7−x interface junctions

  • Author/Authors

    A. Plecenik، نويسنده , , M. Tomasek، نويسنده , , T. Plecenik، نويسنده , , M. Truchly، نويسنده , , J. Noskovic، نويسنده , , M. Zahoran، نويسنده , , T. Roch، نويسنده , , M. Belogolovskii، نويسنده , , M. Spankova، نويسنده , , S. Chromik، نويسنده , , P. Kus، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    5684
  • To page
    5687
  • Abstract
    Current–voltage characteristics of planar junctions formed by an epitaxial c-axis oriented YBa2Cu3O7−x thin film micro-bridge and Ag counter-electrode were measured in the temperature range from 4.2 K to 300 K. A hysteretic behavior related to switching of the junction resistance from a high-resistive to a low-resistive state and vice-versa was observed and analyzed in terms of the maximal current bias and temperature dependence. The same effects were observed on a sub-micrometer scale YBa2Cu3O7−x thin film–PtIr point contact junctions using Scanning Tunneling Microscope. These phenomena are discussed within a diffusion model, describing an oxygen vacancy drift in YBa2Cu3O7−x films in the nano-scale vicinity of the junction interface under applied electrical fields.
  • Keywords
    STM , Resistive switching effect , Planar junction , Superconductivity
  • Journal title
    Applied Surface Science
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Applied Surface Science
  • Record number

    1012926