TY - JOUR AU - T Friessnegg AU - S Aggarwal AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AU - B Nielsen AU - E.H Poindexter AU - D.J Keeble AB - Vacancy-related defect profiles have been measured for La0.5Sr0.5CoO3/(Pb0.9La 0.1) × (Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3/La0.5Sr 0.5CoO3 ferroelectric capacitors using a variable-energy positron beam. By varying the layer thickness and the postgrowth processing in a reducing ambient, a capacitor showing oxygen deficiency dominantly in the top electrode and one with deficiency in both electrodes were produced. The capacitor with an asymmetric defect profile showed a voltage offset polarization-voltage hysteresis loop, that with a symmetric distribution of vacancy-related defects showed no offset. These results are discussed in the context of current models for imprint. © 2000 American Institute of Physics. BT - Applied Physics Letters DO - 10.1063/1.126898 LA - eng M1 - 1 N1 - cited By 119 N2 - Vacancy-related defect profiles have been measured for La0.5Sr0.5CoO3/(Pb0.9La 0.1) × (Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3/La0.5Sr 0.5CoO3 ferroelectric capacitors using a variable-energy positron beam. By varying the layer thickness and the postgrowth processing in a reducing ambient, a capacitor showing oxygen deficiency dominantly in the top electrode and one with deficiency in both electrodes were produced. The capacitor with an asymmetric defect profile showed a voltage offset polarization-voltage hysteresis loop, that with a symmetric distribution of vacancy-related defects showed no offset. These results are discussed in the context of current models for imprint. © 2000 American Institute of Physics. PB - American Institute of Physics Inc. PY - 2000 SP - 127 EP - 129 T2 - Applied Physics Letters TI - Vacancy formation in (Pb,La)(Zr,Ti)O3 capacitors with oxygen deficiency and the effect on voltage offset VL - 77 SN - 00036951 ER -