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We propose the superconducting diode effect (SDE) in a planar s-wave/d-wave/s-wave Josephson junction as a direct phase-sensitive probe of the d-wave pairing function in high-Tc superconductors. Asymmetric interface coupling breaks…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-03 Guo-Liang Guo , Xin Liu

The combination of superconductivity and the helical spin-momentum locking at the surface state of a topological insulator (TI) has been predicted to give rise to p-wave superconductivity and Majorana bound states. The superconductivity can…

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) refers to non-reciprocal transport, where current flows without resistance in one direction but becomes resistive in the opposite direction, but its typical reliance on magnetic field hinders…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-15 Sayak Bhowmik , Dibyendu Samanta , Ashis K. Nandy , Arijit Saha , Sudeep Kumar Ghosh

The research interest in the supercurrent diode effect (SDE) has been growing. It has been found in various kinds of systems, in a large part of which it may be understood by combining spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman field. Here, we show…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-01-17 James Jun He , Yukio Tanaka , Naoto Nagaosa

Nonreciprocal phenomena in the normal state are well established and key to many commercial applications. In contrast, superconducting analogs, such as the superconducting diode effect (SDE), are only starting to be experimentally explored…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-03-22 Denis Kochan , Andreas Costa , Iaroslav Zhumagulov , Igor Žutić

The study of non-reciprocal phenomena has long captivated interest in both Hermitian and non-Hermitian systems. The superconducting diode effect (SDE) is a non-reciprocal phenomenon characterized by unequal critical charge supercurrents…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-15 Junjie Qi , Ming Lu , Jie Liu , Chui-Zhen Chen , X. C. Xie

The paper proposes a self-consistent Green function description of the induced surface superconductivity in a disordered three-dimensional topological insulator (TI) coupled to an s-wave superconductor. We recover earlier results regarding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-19 G. Tkachov

The Josephson diode effect, where the critical current magnitude depends on its direction, arises when both time-reversal and inversion symmetries are broken - often achieved by a combination of spin-orbit interaction and applied magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Gerrit Behner , Abdur Rehman Jalil , Detlev Grützmacher , Thomas Schäpers

Superconducting diode effect, in analogy to the nonreciprocal resistive charge transport in semiconducting diode, is a nonreciprocity of dissipationless supercurrent. Such an exotic phenomenon originates from intertwining between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-02-01 Muhammad Nadeem , Michael S. Fuhrer , Xiaolin Wang

Nonreciprocal transport phenomena have attracted much attention in modern condensed matter physics. In the field of superconductivity, the superconducting diode effect (SDE) has been one of the central topics. Recent theoretical studies for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-20 Yuhei Ikeda , Akito Daido , Youichi Yanase

Supercurrent rectification, nonreciprocal response of superconducting properties sensitive to the polarity of bias and magnetic field, has attracted growing interest as an ideal diode. While the superconducting rectification effect is a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-18 Yusuke Kobayashi , Junichi Shiogai , Tsutomu Nojima , Jobu Matsuno

We study the superconducting proximity effect induced in the surface states of the 3-d topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ by a singlet, s-wave superconductor deposited on its surface. To this effect, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-09-29 Roland Grein , Jens Michelsen , Matthias Eschrig

We study the superconducting diode effect (SDE) in an Ising superconductor with broken basal mirror symmetry in a parallel magnetic field. We show that in the presence of a small Rashba spin splitting, $\Delta_R$, the dominant Ising…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-14 Itai Bankier , Lotan Attias , Alex Levchenko , Maxim Khodas

The study of the response of superconducting hybrid structures with magnetic materials to microwave irradiation is necessary for the development of effective superconducting spintronic devices. The role of the magnetic proximity effect…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-22 Dmitriy Seleznyov , Yaroslav Turkin , Natalia Pugach , Lingling Tao

We investigate transport properties of junctions between two spin-split superconductors linked by a spin-polarized tunneling barrier. The spin-splitting fields in the superconductors (S) are induced by adjacent ferromagnetic insulating (FI)…

Non-reciprocal charge transport in supercurrent diodes (SDs) polarized growing interest in the last few years for its potential applications in superconducting electronics (SCE). So far, SD effects have been reported in complex hybrid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-31 Federico Paolucci , Giorgio De Simoni , Francesco Giazotto

We investigate the emergence of nonreciprocal dissipationless supercurrents in one-dimension manifested through the superconducting diode effect (SDE) and the Josephson diode effect (JDE) in the absence of any external magnetic field, where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 SVS Sai Ruthvik , Tanay Nag

Nonreciprocal critical supercurrents give rise to the superconducting diode effect (SDE) in noncentrosymmetric superconductors when time-reversal symmetry is broken. In this paper, we investigate the SDE in superconductors with vanishing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-22 Jin-Xin Hu , Shuai A. Chen , K. T. Law

Modern industry seeks next-generation microelectronics with ultra-low dissipation and noise beyond semiconducting systems, where the superconducting electronics offer promise. Its physical foundation is the superconducting diode effect…

Investigating the microscopic details of the proximity effect is crucial for both key experimental applications and fundamental inquiries into nanoscale devices featuring superconducting elements. In this work, we develop a framework…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-11 Siddhant Midha , Roshni Singh , Kaveh Gharavi , Jonathan Baugh , Bhaskaran Muralidharan