Au/TbMnO3/YBa2Cu3O7-xcapacitorswerefabricatedonSrTiO3substratesbypulselaserdepositiontechnique,ofwhichelectricpropertieswereinvestigatedinthetemperaturerangefrom25to300K.Bothcurrent-voltagecharacteristicsandjunctionresistanceswithbiasvoltagesshowedremarkabletemperaturedependence,inwhichobviousthermallyexcitedrelaxationprocesseswerefoundbetween150and200K.Atthetemperatureslowerthantheactivationprocess,theleakagecurrentsofthecapacitorswerestudied.Interestingly,athighelectricfield,themechanismoftheleakagewasPoole-Frenkelemission.However,atlowelectricfield,theconductionwasnotOhmic,andideallnJ∝E1/4characteristicswereobserved.Analysisshowedthatthepossibleoriginwasrelatedtotheinherentinhomogeneousnatureofactivationlesspercolatingtransport.
