期刊
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
卷 16, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113044
关键词
phase change materials; amorphous chalcogenides; threshold switching; electrical excitation
资金
- German Science Foundation (DFG) through the Collaborative Research Centre 'Nanoswitches' [SFB 917]
The recent commercialization of electronic memories based on phase change materials proved the usability of this peculiar family of materials for application purposes. More advanced data storage and computing concepts, however, demand a deeper understanding especially of the electrical properties of the amorphous phase and the switching behaviour. In this work, we investigate the temporal evolution of the current through the amorphous state of the prototypical phase change material, Ge2Sb2Te5, under constant voltage. A custom-made electrical tester allows the measurement of delay times over five orders of magnitude, as well as the transient states of electrical excitation prior to the actual threshold switching. We recognize a continuous current increase over time prior to the actual threshold-switching event to be a good measure for the electrical excitation. A clear correlation between a significant rise in pre-switching- current and the later occurrence of threshold switching can be observed. This way, we found experimental evidence for the existence of an absolute minimum for the threshold voltage (or electric field respectively) holding also for time scales far beyond the measurement range.
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