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Modern Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are commonly fabricated from either Al or Nb electrodes, with an in-situ oxidation process to create a weak link between them. However, common problems of such planar nano- and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-18 Liam S. Farrar , Aimee Nevill , Zhen Jieh Lim , Geetha Balakrishnan , Sara Dale , Simon J. Bending

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…

Superconducting diode effects (SDEs) generally emerge in superconducting systems where both time-reversal and inversion symmetries are broken, showing nonreciprocal current characteristics: nondissipative in one direction and ohmic in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-19 Jiajun Ma , Ruiya Zhan , Xiao Lin

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

A numerical model based on a lumped circuit element approximation for a bi-superconducting quantum interference device (bi-SQUID) operating in the presence of an external magnetic field is presented in this paper. Included in the model is…

We unveil a mechanism that enables a robust supercurrent diode effect in Josephson junctions based on multiband superconductors. We predict that interband pairing can significantly amplifies this effect, even under weak spin-orbit coupling…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-20 Jiong Mei , Shengshan Qin , Jiangping Hu

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) enables nonreciprocal dissipationless transport when inversion and time-reversal symmetries are simultaneously broken. Rashba nanowires proximitized by conventional s-wave superconductors provide a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-03 Sagar Santra , Dibyendu Samanta , Sudeep Kumar Ghosh

We study self-consistently a microscopic interface between a quantum spin Hall insulator (QSHI) and a superconductor (SC), focusing on properties related to Majorana fermion creation. For an $s$-wave SC we show that odd-in-momentum, or…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-02-15 Annica M. Black-Schaffer

In a standard Josephson junction the current is zero when the phase difference between the superconducting leads is zero. This condition is protected by parity and time-reversal symmetries. However, the combined presence of spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-14 William Mayer , Matthieu C. Dartiailh , Joseph Yuan , Kaushini S. Wickramasinghe , Enrico Rossi , Javad Shabani

The Josephson effect is a fundamental quantum phenomenon consisting in the appearance of a dissipationless supercurrent in a weak link between two superconducting (S) electrodes. While the mechanism leading to the Josephson effect is quite…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-13 J. Paajaste , E. Strambini , M. Amado , S. Roddaro , P. San-Jose , R. Aguado , F. S. Bergeret , D. Ercolani , L. Sorba , F. Giazotto

The superconducting diode effect (SDE), characterized by nonreciprocal critical currents, has attracted growing attention due to its potential applications in quantum technologies and energy-efficient devices. In this work, we explore the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-27 Jiong Li , Ji Jiang , Qing-Hu Chen

We present a theory for the Josephson effect in an unconventional superconductor / one-dimensional electron gas / unconventional superconductor (s/o/s) junction, where the Josephson current is carried by components injected perpendicular to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Yukio Tanaka , Takashi Hirai , Koichi Kusakabe , Satoshi Kashiwaya

Constructing qubits which are suitable for quantum computation remains a notable challenge. Here, we propose a superconducting flux qubit in a dc SQUID structure, formed by a conventional insulator Josephson junction and a topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-07-13 Wen-Chao Huang , Qi-Feng Liang , Dao-Xin Yao , Zhi Wang

Topological insulators are characterized by an insulating bulk with a finite band gap and conducting edge or surface states, where charge carriers are protected against backscattering. These states give rise to the quantum spin Hall effect…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-08-23 M. Veldhorst , M. Snelder , M. Hoek , T. Gang , X. L. Wang , V. K. Guduru , U. Zeitler , W. G. v. d. Wiel , A. A. Golubov , H. Hilgenkamp , A. Brinkman

We consider phase-biased Josephson junctions with spin-orbit coupling under external magnetic fields and study the emergence of the Josephson diode effect in the presence of Majorana bound states. We show that junctions having middle…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-08 Jorge Cayao , Naoto Nagaosa , Yukio Tanaka

We analyze theoretically the influence of domain walls (DWs) on the DC Josephson current in magnetic superconducting S$_{m}$/Fl/F/Fl/S$_{m}$ junctions. The Josephson junction consists of two "magnetic" superconductors S$_{m}$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-04-06 Samme M. Dahir , Anatoly F. Volkov , Ilya M. Eremin

In this paper we study a novel superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor (SC-FM-SC) Josephson junction array deposited on top of a two-dimensional quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulator. The existence of Majorana bound states at the interface…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Cenke Xu , Liang Fu

We investigate the direction-dependent switching current in a flux-tunable four-terminal Josephson junction defined in an InAs/Al two-dimensional heterostructure. The device exhibits the Josephson diode effect, with switching currents that…

We study the Josephson effect in spin-triplet superconductor$-$quantum anomalous Hall insulator$-$spin-triplet superconductor junctions using the nonequilibrium Green function method. The current-phase difference relations show strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-10-27 Qiang Cheng , Qing Yan , Qing-Feng Sun

Superconductors separated by a thin tunneling barrier exhibit the Josephson effect that allows charge transport at zero voltage, typically with no phase shift between the superconductors in the lowest energy state. Recently, Josephson…