p-n diode with hole- and electron-doped lanthanum manganites

C Mitra, Pratap Raychaudhuri, G Kobernik, K Dorr, KH Muller, L Schultz, R Pinto

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Abstract

The hole-doped (p-) manganite La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and the electron-doped (n-) manganite La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 undergo an insulator-to-metal transition at around 250 K, above which both behave as a polaronic semiconductor. We have fabricated an epitaxial trilayer (La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/SrTiO3/La0.7Ce0.3MnO3), where SrTiO3 is an insulator. At room temperature, i.e., in the semiconducting regime, it exhibits asymmetric current-voltage (I-V) characteristics akin to a p-n diode. The observed asymmetry in the I-V characteristics disappears at low temperatures where both the manganite layers are metallic. These results indicate that using the polaronic semiconducting regime of doped manganites, a p-n diode can be constructed. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2408-2410
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume79
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2001

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