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Within the framework of the generalized time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations, we studied the influence of the magnetic self-field induced by the currents inside a superconducting sample driven by an applied transport current. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-06-03 Leonardo Rodrigues Cadorim , Alexssandre de Oliveira Junior , Edson Sardella

The superconducting diode effect has garnered significant interest due to its prospective applications in cryogenic electronics and computing, enabling directional supercurrent transport. This phenomenon has been demonstrated across various…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-19 L. Borgongino , R. Seoane Souto , A. Paghi , G. Senesi , K. Skibinska , L. Sorba , E. Riccardi , F. Giazotto , E. Strambini

We propose a universal mechanism for the Josephson diode effect in short Josephson junctions. The proposed mechanism is due to finite Cooper pair momentum and is a manifestation of simultaneous breaking of inversion and time-reversal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-26 Margarita Davydova , Saranesh Prembabu , Liang Fu

Due to the absence of a center of inversion in some superconducting compounds, a p-wave admixture to the dominant d-wave order parameter must exist. If time-reversal is also violated, an allowed invariant is the product of the d-wave,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Brigitte Leridon , Tai-Kai Ng , C. M. Varma

Superconductivity, an emergence of a macroscopic quantum state, gives rise to unique electromagnetic responses leading to perfect shielding of magnetic field and zero electrical resistance. In this paper, we propose that superconductors…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-09 Hikaru Watanabe , Akito Daido , Youichi Yanase

A superconducting diode is an electronic device that conducts supercurrent and exhibits zero resistance primarily for one direction of applied current. Such a dissipationless diode is a desirable unit for constructing electronic circuits…

Surface states of d_{x^2-y^2}-wave superconductors are studied using the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory. For a [110] surface it has been known that the time-reversal symmetry (T) breaking surface state, (d+-is)-wave state, can occur if the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-09-30 Takeshi Tomizawa , Kazuhiro Kuboki

We study the current-voltage characteristic of narrow superconducting strips in the gapless regime near the critical temperature in the framework of the Ginzburg-Landau model. Our focus is on its instabilities occurring at high current…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-02-19 Yury N. Ovchinnikov , Andrey A. Varlamov , Gregory J. Kimmel , Andreas Glatz

A growing number of superconducting materials display evidence for spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) below their critical transition temperatures. Precisely what this implies for the nature of the superconducting ground…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-05-22 Brian M. Andersen , Andreas Kreisel , P. J. Hirschfeld

Superconducting electronics offer significant advantages in speed and power efficiency for next-generation computing and communication systems. However, their practical deployment is limited by the absence of simple, efficient, and scalable…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-01 Razmik A. Hovhannisyan , Amirreza Lotfian , Taras Golod , Vladimir M. Krasnov

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…

We study the effects of dissipation on electron transport in a semiconductor superlattice with an applied bias voltage and a magnetic field that is tilted relative to the superlattice axis.In previous work, we showed that although the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-03-13 A. G. Balanov , D. Fowler , A. Patanè , L. Eaves , T. M. Fromhold

The supercurrent diode effect (SDE) describes superconducting systems where the magnitude of the superconducting-to-normal state switching current differs for positive and negative current bias. Despite the ubiquity of such diode effects in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-11 Joseph J. Cuozzo , François Léonard

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 investigate equilibrium properties, including structure of the order parameter, superflow patterns, and thermodynamics of low-temperature surface phases of layered d_{x^2-y^2}-wave superconductors in magnetic field. At zero external…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-06-18 P. Holmvall , A. B. Vorontsov , M. Fogelstrom , T. Lofwander

A non-equilibrium state in a Rashba system under an in-plane magnetic field is identified as the origin of the Josephson diode effect. This state is induced by a current bias--necessary for measuring the current-voltage…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-06 Michiyasu Mori , Wataru Koshibae , Sadamichi Maekawa

We consider a layered superconductor with a complex order parameter whose phase switches sign from one layer to the next. This system is shown to exhibit gapless superconductivity for sufficiently large interlayer pairing or interlayer…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 A. M. Tikofsky , D. B. Bailey

Novel physics arises when strongly correlated system is driven out of equilibrium by external fields. Dramatic changes in physical properties, such as conductivity, are empirically observed in strongly correlated materials under high…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-29 Jiajun Li

We argue that a locally time-reversal symmetry breaking state can occur at Josephson junctions between unconventional superconductors. Order parameters induced by the proximity effect can combine with the bulk order parameter to form such a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Kazuhiro Kuboki , Manfred Sigrist

Based on the numerical solution non-stationary Ginzburg-Landau equations, we investigated the evolution of the order parameter of superconducting channels with different lengths under applied voltage (so-called voltage-driven regime). We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-04-03 Y. S. Yerin , V. N. Fenchenko , E. Il'ichev