@article{33889, author = {S Aggarwal and A.M Dhote and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and W.L Warren and G.E Pike and D Dimos and M.V Raymond and B.A Tuttle and J .T Jr}, title = {Hysteresis relaxation in (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O3 thin film capacitors with (La,Sr)CoO3 electrodes}, abstract = {We report on the thermally activated hysteresis relaxation effects in (La,Sr)CoO3/ (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O3/(La,Sr)CoO3 thin film ferroelectric capacitors. Films cooled in oxygen deficient ambients exhibit a marked voltage offset in the hysteresis loops. Upon the application of a dc bias voltage or unidirectional pulses of the same polarity as the offset, the loops become more symmetric. Subsequently, holding the capacitors in the original preferred polarization state leads to a relaxation of the hysteresis loop towards its original voltage offset condition. The relaxation process is described by a stretched exponential and is thermally activated. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.}, year = {1996}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {69}, number = {17}, pages = {2540-2542}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics Inc.}, issn = {00036951}, doi = {10.1063/1.117732}, note = {cited By 50}, language = {eng}, }