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Photoinduced magnetoresistance and magnetic-field-modulated photoelectric response in BiFeO3/Si heterojunctions

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The BiFeO3 film grown on Si substrate without template exhibits a diode-like effect, and the forward direction of the diode can be switched by external electric fields. The laser irradiation and the magnetic field can induce polarization, thus modulating the photovoltaic effect. The magnetoresistance values change from −1.19 to −5.79 and to −35.48 % dramatically under 50 μA current in 770 Oe when the junction is irradiated by 532 and 1064 nm lasers, respectively. These results reveal unusual and interesting charge conduction behavior in leaky ferroelectrics and should promote the study of BiFeO3 based on multifunctional materials.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2014CB744302), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 14CX02157A), the Specially Founded Program on National Key Scientific Instruments and Equipment Development (No. 2012YQ140005) and the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 11574401).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    Jianfeng Xi, Kun Zhao & Lizhi Xiao

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Optical Detection Technology for Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, 102249, China

    Jianfeng Xi, Hao Ni & Kun Zhao

  3. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China

    Huibin Lu, Erjia Guo, Meng He, Kuijuan Jin, Yueliang Zhou & Guozhen Yang

  4. Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

    Zhenwei Zhang

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Xi, J., Ni, H., Zhao, K. et al. Photoinduced magnetoresistance and magnetic-field-modulated photoelectric response in BiFeO3/Si heterojunctions. Appl. Phys. A 122, 489 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0027-6

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