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Conductance switching behavior of GeTe/Sb2Te3superlattice upon hot-electron injection: a scanning probe microscopystudy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2016

Leonid Bolotov*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
Yuta Saito
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
Tetsuya Tada
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
Junji Tominaga
Affiliation:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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Abstract

Topological (GeTe)/(Sb2Te3) superlattices (SL) are ofpractical interest for memory applications because of different mechanism ofelectric conductance switching in the crystalline phase. In the work, electricalswitching behavior of individual SL grains was examined employing a multimodescanning probe microscope (MSPM) in a lithography mode at room temperature.Using programmed bias voltage with different amplitude and pulse duration, weobserved the position-dependent variations of the switching voltage and thecurrent injection delay for [(GeTe)2(Sb2Te3)]4 SLs on Si(100). The results sheda light on the role of electric field and hot-electron injection on the SLconductance switching.

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