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We analyze the presence of non-reciprocal critical currents, the so-called superconducting diode effect, in chiral superconductors within a generalized Ginzburg-Landau framework. After deriving its key symmetry conditions we illustrate the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-13 Bastian Zinkl , Keita Hamamoto , Manfred Sigrist

We report a gate-tunable Josephson diode effect in hybrid nanowire junctions consisting of a spin-orbit-coupled semiconductor core coated with epitaxial ferromagnetic insulator and superconductor shells. The wires display a hysteretic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Sjoerd Telkamp , Junting Zhao , Saulius Vaitiekėnas

The superconducting diode effect (SDE)-the unidirectional, dissipationless flow of supercurrent-is a critical element for future superconducting electronics. Achieving high efficiency under zero magnetic field is a key requirement. The…

Superconducting devices with broken time-reversal and spatial-inversion symmetries can exhibit novel superconducting phenomena. The observation of superconducting diode effects, which is applicable for dissipationless rectification,…

Diode is one of basic electronic components. It has a nonreciprocal current response, associated with a broken space/time reversal symmetry. Here we demonstrate prototypes of superconducting diodes operational at zero magnetic field. They…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-08-02 T. Golod , V. M. Krasnov

Symmetry-breaking plays a pivotal role in unlocking intriguing properties and functionalities in material systems. For example, the breaking of spatial and temporal symmetries leads to a fascinating phenomenon of superconducting diode…

We theoretically investigate the consequences of proximity-induced conventional superconductivity in metals that break time-reversal and inversion symmetries through their energy dispersion. We discover behaviors impossible in an isolated…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-21 Pavan Hosur , Daniel Palacios

The diode effect is fundamental to electronic devices and is widely used in rectifiers and AC-DC converters. At low temperatures, however, conventional semiconductor diodes possess a high resistivity, which yields energy loss and heating…

Twisted multilayer moir\'e materials are generically quasiperiodic on the moir\'e scale due to the interference of different misaligned moir\'e periodicities. Spatial inhomogeneities such as these can be detrimental to superconductivity;…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Xinghai Zhang , Ziyan Zhu , Justin H. Wilson , Matthew S. Foster

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) is characterized by the nonreciprocity of Cooper-pair motion with respect to current direction. In three-dimensional (3D) materials, SDE results in a critical current that varies with direction, making…

The intrinsic superconducting diode effect (SDE) is distinguished from the Josephson diode effect (JDE) by its manifestation of nonreciprocal critical current phenomena within a monolithic superconductor, typically linked to finite-momentum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-22 Ran Wang , Ning Hao

Planar Josephson junctions in a magnetic field exhibit the superconducting diode effect, by which the critical current magnitude depends on the polarity of the transport current. A number of different mechanisms for the effect have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 William F. Schiela , Melissa Mikalsen , William M. Strickland , Javad Shabani

We study the superconducting correlations induced in graphene when it is placed between two superconductors, focusing in particular on the supercurrents supported by the 2D system. For this purpose we make use of a formalism placing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Gonzalez , E. Perfetto

Nonreciprocal transport is generally observed in superconductors in which time reversal and inversion symmetries are simultaneously broken. This effect, which may become one of the backbones for future superconducting electronics, arises…

Bilayer graphene encapsulated in tungsten diselenide can host a weak topological phase with pairs of helical edge states. The electrical tunability of this phase makes it an ideal platform to investigate unique topological effects at zero…

We investigate the superconducting properties of inversion-symmetric twisted trilayer graphene by considering different parent states, including spin-singlet, triplet, and SO(4) degenerate states, with or without nodal points. By placing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-29 Harley D. Scammell , Mathias S. Scheurer

The superconducting analog to the semiconducting diode, the Josephson diode, has long been sought, with multiple avenues to realization proposed by theorists. Exhibiting magnetic-field free, single directional superconductivity with…

The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity can lead to unconventional proximity and Josephson effects. A related phenomenon that has recently attracted considerable attention is the superconducting diode effect, in which a…

We investigate the superconducting proximity effect through graphene in the long diffusive junction limit, at low and high magnetic field. The interface quality and sample phase coherence lead to a zero resistance state at low temperature,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Katsuyoshi Komatsu , Chuan Li , S. Autier-Laurent , H. Bouchiat , S. Gueron

Josephson junctions enable dissipation-less electrical current through metals and insulators below a critical current. Despite being central to quantum technology based on superconducting quantum bits and fundamental research into…