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Non-reciprocal superconductivity, also known as the superconducting diode effect, has been extensively studied in the presence of a magnetic field or some form of ferromagnetic order breaking time-reversal symmetry. We here show that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-31 Sayan Banerjee , Mathias S. Scheurer

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

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…

A general principle of condensed matter physics prohibits the electric current in equilibrium. This prevents a zero-resistance state realized solely under a finite electric current, namely unidirectional superconductivity. In this paper, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-14 Akito Daido , Youichi Yanase

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

We theoretically study the superconducting diode effect in a three-terminal Josephson junction. The diode effect in superconducting systems is typically related to the presence of a difference in the critical currents for currents flowing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-07 Jorge Huamani Correa , Michal P. Nowak

Nonreciprocal supercurrent refers to the phenomenon where the maximum dissipationless current in a superconductor depends on its direction of flow. This asymmetry underlies the operation of superconducting diodes and is often associated…

The ideal diode is a theoretical concept that completely conducts the electric current under forward bias without any loss and that behaves like a perfect insulator under reverse bias. However, real diodes have a junction barrier that…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-25 E. Şaşıoğlu , T. Aull , D. Kutschabsky , S. Blügel , I. Mertig

The superconducting diode is an emergent device that juggles between the Cooper-paired state and the resistive state with unpaired quasiparticles. Here, we report a quantum version of the superconducting diode, which operates solely between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-30 Heng Wang , Yuying Zhu , Zhonghua Bai , Zhaozheng Lyu , Jiangang Yang , Lin Zhao , X. J. Zhou , Genda Gu , Qi-Kun Xue , Ding Zhang

We theoretically propose a universal superconducting diode device based on double magnetic impurities which are coupled to the connection region of the Josephson junction. The positive and negative currents flowing across the junction can…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-05 Yu-Fei Sun , Yue Mao , Qing-Feng Sun

We analyze the heat current traversing a quantum dot sandwiched between a ferromagnetic and a superconducting electrode. The heat flow generated in response to a voltage bias presents rectification as a function of the gate potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-24 Sun-Yong Hwang , David Sanchez

The combined action of a DC bias and a microwave drive on the transport characteristic of a superconductor-quantum dot-superconductor junction is investigated. To cope with time dependent non-equilibrium effects and interactions in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-05 Julian Siegl , Jordi Picó-Cortés , Milena Grifoni

Superconducting diode effects (SDE), both in bulk superconductors and in Josephson junctions, have garnered a lot of attention due to potential applications in classical and quantum computing, as well as superconducting sensors. Here we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-31 Daniel Shaffer , Alex Levchenko

The superconducting diode effect (SDE), characterized by a nonreciprocal critical current in superconductors, has recently been observed in strongly correlated electron systems and near quantum criticality, pointing to unconventional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-04 Kyohei Nakamura , Youichi Yanase

Under certain symmetry-breaking conditions, a superconducting system exhibits asymmetric critical currents, dubbed the ``superconducting diode effect". Recently, systems with the ideal superconducting diode efficiency or unidirectional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-21 Haitian Su , Ji-Yin Wang , Han Gao , Yi Luo , Shili Yan , Xingjun Wu , Guoan Li , Jie Shen , Li Lu , Dong Pan , Jianhua Zhao , Po Zhang , H. Q. Xu

The supercurrent diode effect (SDE), characterized by nonreciprocal critical currents, represents a promising building block for future dissipationless electronics and quantum circuits. Realizing SDE requires breaking both time-reversal and…

In the present paper, we study the superconducting wire. It is known from Maxwell equations that the current creates magnetic field that suppresses superconductivity and wire starts to conduct with resistance. We consider the time dependent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-01 Naoum Karchev

Research on current-induced domain wall (DW) motion in heavy metal/ferromagnet structures is crucial for advancing memory, logic, and computing devices. Here, we demonstrate that adjusting the angle between the DW conduit and the current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-21 Elena M. Stetco , Traian Petrisor , Ovidiu A. Pop , Mohamed Belmeguenai , Ioan M. Miron , Mihai S. Gabor

It is shown that integration of a thin film superconducting strip with current-carrying control wires enables one to engineer a profile of supercurrent density $J(x)$ with no current crowding at the edges of a strip wider than the magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-04 Alex Gurevich

Superconductors used in magnet technology could carry extreme currents because of their ability to keep the magnetic flux motionless. The dynamics of the magnetic flux interaction with superconductors is controlled by this property. The…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-01-29 F Gömöry