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Superconducting electronics is essential for energy-efficient quantum and classical high-end computing applications. Towards this goal, non-reciprocal superconducting circuit elements, such as superconducting diodes (SDs) can fulfill many…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-05 Josep Ingla-Aynés , Yasen Hou , Sarah Wang , En-De Chu , Oleg A. Mukhanov , Peng Wei , Jagadeesh S. Moodera

It was recently experimentally proved that the superconducting counterpart of a diode, i.e., a device that realizes nonreciprocal Cooper pairs transport, can be realized by breaking the spatial and time-reversal symmetry of a system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-13 Angelo Greco , Quentin Pichard , Francesco Giazotto

Introducing new components and functionalities into quantum devices is critical in advancing state-of-the-art hardware. Here, we propose superconducting diodes (SDs) as a coherent nonreciprocal element in circuit quantum electrodynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Nicolas Dirnegger , Prineha Narang , Arpit Arora

Superconducting diodes, characterized by the nonreciprocal supercurrent flow, have gained significant attention for their potential in dissipationless electronics. This study presents a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-28 Xingjun Wu , Ji-Yin Wang , Haitian Su , Shili Yan , Dong Pan , Jianhua Zhao , Po Zhang , H. Q. Xu

Supercurrent diodes are nonreciprocal electronic elements whose switching current depends on their flow direction. Recently, a variety of composite systems combining different materials and engineered asymmetric superconducting devices have…

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…

We suggest using a device called the Bootstrap Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (BS-SQUID) to break the reciprocity in charge transport. This device uses magnetic flux back-action to create a nonreciprocal current-voltage…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-10 Giorgio De Simoni , Francesco Giazotto

Local control of superconducting circuits by high-impedance electrical gates offers potential advantages in superconducting logic, quantum processing units, and cryoelectronics. Recent experiments have reported gate-controlled supercurrent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-20 François Joint , Kazi Rafsanjani Amin , Ivo Cools , Simone Gasparinetti

Superconducting diodes enable dissipationless directional transport, yet achieving electrical tunability and scalability remains a major challenge for circuit-level integration. Here, we demonstrate an electrothermal-switch superconducting…

Semiconducting diode with nonreciprocal transport effect underlies the cornerstone of contemporary integrated circuits (ICs) technology. Due to isotropic superconducting properties and the lack of breaking of inversion symmetry for…

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) is defined by the difference in the magnitude of critical currents applied in opposite directions. It has been observed in various superconducting systems and attracted high research interests.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-10 Shichao Qi , Jun Ge , Chengcheng Ji , Yiwen Ai , Gaoxing Ma , Ziqiao Wang , Zihan Cui , Yi Liu , Ziqiang Wang , Jian Wang

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) enables nonreciprocal supercurrent flow, holding immense potential for ultra-low-power quantum electronics. Intrinsic SDE typically requires materials with inherent symmetry breakings. Here, we report…

The significance of the superconducting diode effect lies in its potential application as a fundamental component in the development of next-generation superconducting circuit technology. The stringent operating conditions at low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Yiwen Zhang , Jiliang Cai , Peng Dong , Jiadian He , Yifan Ding , Jinghui Wang , Xiang Zhou , Kecheng Cao , Yueshen Wu , Jun Li

The superconducting diode effect (SDE)- manifested as directional, dissipationless supercurrents - is pivotal for realizing energy-efficient superconducting logic and memory technologies. Achieving high-efficiency SDE without external…

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) - the asymmetry of critical currents with respect to current direction - is a pivotal advancement in non-reciprocal superconductivity. While SDE has been realized in diverse systems, a fundamental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-02 Peng Dong , Jinghui Wang , Yanjiang Wang , Jianjun Xiao , Xiang Zhou , Hui Xing , Yueshen Wu , Yulin Chen , Jinsheng Wen , Jun Li

We report on the fabrication and electrical transport properties of gate-tunable superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), made of semiconducting PbS nanowire contacted with PbIn superconducting electrodes. Applied with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-08 Hong-Seok Kim , Bum-Kyu Kim , Yiming Yang , Xingyue Peng , Soon-Gul Lee , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

We propose a highly efficient thermoelectric diode device built from the coupling of a quantum dot with a normal or ferromagnetic electrode and a superconducting reservoir. The current shows a strongly nonlinear behavior in the forward…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-16 Sun-Yong Hwang , David Sanchez , Rosa Lopez

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) refers to the non-reciprocal nature of the critical current (maximum current that a superconductor can withstand before turning into a normal metal) of a superconducting device. Here, we investigate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-24 Sayak Bhowmik , Dibyendu Samanta , Ashis K. Nandy , Arijit Saha , Sudeep Kumar Ghosh

The macroscopic coherence in superconductors supports dissipationless supercurrents which could play a central role in emerging quantum technologies. Accomplishing unequal supercurrents in the forward and backward directions would enable…

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) allows polarity-dependent critical currents when time-reversal and current-inverting spatial symmetries are broken. Superconducting diodes show promise for applications, but inversion asymmetry is…

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