Reversible Tuning of Superconductivity in Ion-Gated NbN Ultrathin Films by Self-Encapsulation with a High- Dielectric Layer
arXiv:2205.05491 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.054023
Abstract
Ionic gating is a powerful technique for tuning the physical properties of a material via electric field-induced charge doping, but is prone to introduce extrinsic disorder and undesired electrochemical modifications in the gated material beyond pure electrostatics. Conversely, reversible, volatile and electrostatic modulation is pivotal in the reliable design and operation of novel device concepts enabled by the ultrahigh induced charge densities attainable via ionic gating. Here we demonstrate a simple and effective method to achieve reversible and volatile gating of surface-sensitive ultrathin niobium nitride films via controlled oxidation of their surface. The resulting niobium oxide encapsulation layer exhibits a capacitance comparable to that of non-encapsulated ionic transistors, withstands gate voltages beyond the electrochemical stability window of the gate electrolyte, and enables a fully-reversible tunability of both the normal-state resistivity and the superconducting transition temperature of the encapsulated films. Our approach should be transferable to other materials and device geometries where more standard encapsulation techniques are not readily applicable.
arXiv commentMain text: 11 pages, 6 figures; Supplementary: 8 pages, 6 figures
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