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Light-Driven Intrinsic Perfect Superconducting Diode Effect

Superconductivity 2026-05-26 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate the perfect superconducting diode effect (SDE) -- unidirectional supercurrent with 100% diode efficiency -- in light-driven nonequilibrium systems. Although the perfect SDE is difficult to achieve in equilibrium, monochromatic light induces the perfect SDE in systems lacking inversion and time-reversal symmetries. More strikingly, multi-frequency light enables the perfect SDE even in centrosymmetric systems via dynamical symmetry breaking. Our results establish a general principle for realizing unidirectional superconducting transport based on nonequilibrium control and symmetry engineering.

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@article{arxiv.2605.25197,
  title  = {Light-Driven Intrinsic Perfect Superconducting Diode Effect},
  author = {Makoto Ichikawa and Youichi Yanase},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.25197},
  year   = {2026}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures, Supplemental Material (12 pages, 3 figures)