Y Y Guo et al 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 485901 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/48/485901
Y Y Guo1, T Wei1, Q Y He2 and J-M Liu1,2,3,4
Show affiliationsWe measure systematically the intrinsic scaling behavior of dynamic hysteresis for Pb0.9Ba0.1(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 (PBZT) ferroelectric thin films with Pt electrodes on Si substrates, utilizing the Sawyer–Tower technique. For the as-prepared thin films of similar thickness and microstructure, over the low frequency range, the scaling follows the power law
under low E0 and the power law
under high E0, where
A
is the hysteresis area, and f and E0 are the frequency and amplitude of the external electric field. In the high- f range, the power law for low E0 takes the form of
, while that for high E0 takes the form of
. It is identified that the dynamic behaviors at low frequency mainly come from the intrinsic domain reversal instead of others like the leakage current, while the depolarization field may influence the frequency exponents at high frequency. We study the temperature scaling of the hysteresis, indicating that the scaling under low E0 is roughly consistent with the (Φ2)2 model. Finally, we argue that experimentally obtained power law scaling for Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 thin films prepared under the given conditions may not be reliable due to the polarization fatigue effect.
77.55.+f Dielectric thin films
77.80.Dj Domain structure; hysteresis
77.22.Ej Polarization and depolarization
Issue 48 (2 December 2009)
Received 6 August 2009, in final form 24 September 2009
Published 30 October 2009
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