Current-driven phase oscillation and domain-wall propagation in WxV1-xO2 nanobeams

Nano Lett. 2007 Feb;7(2):363-6. doi: 10.1021/nl0624768. Epub 2007 Jan 26.

Abstract

We report the observation of a current-driven metal (M)-insulator (I) phase oscillation in two-terminal devices incorporating individual WxV1-xO2 nanobeams connected to parallel shunt capacitors. The frequency of the phase oscillation reaches above 5 MHz for approximately 1 mum long devices. The M-I phase oscillation, which coincides with the charging/discharging of the capacitor, occurs through the axial drift of a single M-I domain wall driven by Joule heating and the Peltier effect.