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The interaction between the quantum vacuum and time-dependent boundaries can produce particles via the dynamical Casimir effect. It is known that, for asymmetric Casimir systems, there is an imbalance in the particle production on either…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-04 Matthew J. Gorban , William D. Julius , Ramesh Radhakrishnan , Gerald B. Cleaver

We theoretically investigate the magnetic and crystalline anisotropies of the superconducting diode effect (SDE) in proximitized planar Josephson junctions (JJs) with coexisting Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings (SOCs) under an…

We argue that certain materials exhibit asymmetry of their mechanical and conducting properties with respect to clockwise/counterclockwise rotation. We show that a cylinder made of a suitably chosen semiconductor coated in a metallic film…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-01 M. N. Chernodub

Josephson diodes (JDs) offer a promising route towards realizing dissipation-less rectification at low temperatures. To be practically viable, a JD must operate at zero magnetic fields, exhibit high operating frequencies and efficiency, and…

The phenomenon of non-reciprocal critical current in a Josephson device, termed the Josephson diode effect, has garnered much recent interest. Realization of the diode effect requires inversion symmetry breaking, typically obtained by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-06 Mohit Gupta , Gino V. Graziano , Mihir Pendharkar , Jason T. Dong , Connor P. Dempsey , Chris Palmstrøm , Vlad S. Pribiag

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) is a key nonreciprocal phenomenon with broad relevance for superconducting electronics. Using time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau simulations, we predict and quantify a superconducting diode effect arising…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-18 Axel J. M. Deenen , Dirk Grundler

We predict a huge interference effect contributing to the conductance through large ultra-clean quantum dots of chaotic shape. When a double-dot structure is made such that the dots are the mirror-image of each other, constructive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-11 Robert S. Whitney , P. Marconcini , M. Macucci

Vortices in type-II superconductors have attracted enormous attention as ideal systems in which to study nonequilibrium collective phenomena, since the self-ordering of the vortices competes with quenched disorder and thermal effects.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-08-05 C. J. Olson Reichhardt , S. Z. Lin , D. Ray , C. Reichhardt

In Ref. 3, we presented an asymptotic formula for the fermion-induced effective energy in 3+1 dimensions in the presence of a cylindrically symmetric inhomogeneous strong magnetic field. However, there are some points which were not clearly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Pavlos Pasipoularides

A domain wall in a magnet with easy-axis anisotropy is shown to harbor spin superfluid associated with its spontaneous breaking of the U(1) spin-rotational symmetry. The spin superfluid is shown to have several topological properties, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Se Kwon Kim , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

In superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), the superconducting diode effect may be generated by interference of multiple harmonic components in the current-phase relationships (CPRs) of different branches forming SQUID loops.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-16 Wyatt Gibbons , Teng Zhang , Kevin Barrow , Tyler Lindemann , Jukka I. Väyrynen , Michael J. Manfra

Magnetic skyrmions are prime candidates for future spintronic devices. However, incorporating them as an entity for information technology hinges on their interaction with defects ubiquitous to any device. Here we map from first-principles,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-23 Imara Lima Fernandes , Juba Bouaziz , Stefan Blügel , Samir Lounis

We elucidate magnetic effects in the skyrmion system to probe into the dense nuclear matter. We find a deformed $\pi^0$ dipole structure of a baryon induced by a magnetic field. We then extend our scope to stacked Skyrme crystal layers to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-07 Shi Chen , Kenji Fukushima , Zebin Qiu

We propose a many-body mechanism for a strong Josephson diode effect (JDE) in an interacting nanoscale SQUID formed by two parallel quantum dots coupled to superconducting leads. Unlike conventional diode behavior, where nonreciprocity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-02 Zelei Zhang , Jianxiong Zhai , Yi Zhang , Jiawei Yan

In this study, we examined the supercurrent diode effect (SDE) in mesoscopic superconducting weak links formed by asymmetric Dayem bridges. These planar metallic constrictions, which naturally exhibit Josephsonlike behavior, offer a…

We study the dynamics of skyrmions in a metallic chiral magnet. First we show that skyrmions can be created dynamically by destabilizing the ferromagnetic background state through a spin polarized current. We then treat skyrmions as rigid…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-14 Shi-Zeng Lin , Charles Reichhardt , Cristian D. Batista , Avadh Saxena

Non-perturbative effects of constant magnetic fields in a Higgs-Yukawa gauge model are studied using the extremum equations of the effective action for composite operators. It is found that the magnetic field induces a Higgs condensate, a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 E. J. Ferrer , V. de la Incera

Superconductor-semiconductor hybrids are useful for realizing the Josephson diode effect, where nonreciprocity in the supercurrents occurs due to the interplay of the Josephson effect and applied magnetic fields. These junctions can host…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-20 Sayan Mondal , Pei-Hao Fu , Jorge Cayao

Transport of Brownian particles interacting with each other via the Morse potential is investigated in the presence of an ac driving force applied locally at one end of the chain. By using numerical simulations, we find that the system can…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-08-16 Bao-quan Ai , Ya-feng He , Wei-rong Zhong

Magnetic skyrmions are topological spin textures that appear in magnets with broken spatial inversion symmetry via competition between the (anti)ferromagnetic exchange interactions and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in a magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-14 Yuto Ohki , Masahito Mochizuki