Chew, Khian Hooi and Tilley, D.R. and Ong, L.H. and Osman, J. (2000) Hysteresis loops of ferroelectric bilayers and superlattices. Applied Physics Letters, 77 (17). pp. 2755-2757. ISSN 0003-6951, DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1320040.
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Abstract
A ferroelectric superlattice with an antiferroelectric interfacial coupling is considered; the same model describes a bilayer with antiferroelectric coupling. By mapping minimum points in the Landau free energy expression and plotting them against the applied electric field, a triple hysteresis loop pattern is obtained. The loop patterns vary between typically ferroelectric and typically antiferroelectric depending on the layer thicknesses and the magnitude of the interfacial-coupling constant. This work suggests the possibility of designing multilayer elements for computer memories with four or more different storage states. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)03843-2].
| Item Type: | Article | 
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED | 
| Additional Information: | Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA | 
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ferroelectric bilayers, superlattices, antiferroelectric, Landau free energy | 
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | 
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Department of Physics | 
| Depositing User: | Miss Malisa Diana | 
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2013 03:09 | 
| Last Modified: | 03 Feb 2020 03:32 | 
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/8192 | 
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