Room-temperature broad-band radiofrequency rectification in epitaxial <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>SrIrO</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> films
Although significant advancements have been made in wireless technologies and portable devices, it remains a challenge for high-frequency and nanowatt-level radiofrequency rectification. In this work, we report a pronounced radiofrequency rectification up to 37 GHz in nominally centrosymmetric $\mathrm{SrIr}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ epitaxial films, with the minimum detectable power as low as \ensuremath{-}15 dBm. Strikingly, the $\mathrm{SrIr}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ rectifier is highly field tunable and exhibits a strong in-plane field anisotropy, thus showing a unique advantage in broadband radiofrequency rectification. The rectification effect can persist up to at least 360 K and shows a sensitive temperature dependence including a sign inversion. By a systematic study of the nonlinear transport properties of $\mathrm{SrIr}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$, it's further revealed that the radiofrequency rectification originates from the nonlinear Hall effect with the dominant contribution from field-induced Berry curvature dipole. Our work demonstrates the superior performance of the field-tunable $\mathrm{SrIr}{\mathrm{O}}_{3}$ rectifiers, unleashing the great application potential of centrosymmetric materials in harvesting and detecting ambient electromagnetic energy.
Authors
- Pingbo Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8171-8918)
- Hai‐Zhou Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6708-0223)
- Junxue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4113-8703)
- Bicong Ye
- J. P. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7667-1332)
- Jiahao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7670-2218)
- Hongtao He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-874X)
- Wenqing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2551-6375)
- Tao Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2247-0751)
- Meng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0629-8648)
- Liang Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9766-000X)
- Zehao Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7783-7338)
- Zongzheng Du
Institutions
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/v8q3-jqjs
- Primary Topic
- Multiferroics and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00