The hysteresis loops of a ferroelectric bilayer film with surface transition layers

Based on the transverse Ising model in the framework of the mean field approximation, this paper discusses a ferroelectric bilayer film with the surface transition layers within each constituent slab and an antiferroelectric interfacial coupling between two slabs. The hysteresis loop of a bilayer film is investigated. The results show that the surface transition layer in a ferroelectric bilayer film plays a significant role in realizing the multiple-state memory.