The superconducting diode effect

M Nadeem, MS Fuhrer, X Wang - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
A superconducting diode enables supercurrent to flow in only one direction, providing new
functionalities for superconducting circuits. In recent years, there has been experimental …

Nonreciprocal transport and optical phenomena in quantum materials

N Nagaosa, Y Yanase - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
In noncentrosymmetric materials, the responses (for example, electrical and optical)
generally depend on the direction of the external stimuli, called nonreciprocal phenomena …

Superconducting diode effect and nonreciprocal transition lines

A Daido, Y Yanase - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Nonreciprocity in superconductors is attracting much interest owing to its fundamental
importance as well as the potential applicability to engineering. In this paper, we generalize …

Sign reversal diode effect in superconducting Dayem nanobridges

D Margineda, A Crippa, E Strambini, Y Fukaya… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Supercurrent diodes are nonreciprocal electronic elements whose switching current
depends on their flow direction. Recently, a variety of composite systems combining different …

Large superconducting diode effect in ion-beam patterned Sn-based superconductor nanowire/topological Dirac semimetal planar heterostructures

LD Anh, K Ishihara, T Hotta, K Inagaki, H Maki… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
High-quality superconductor/topological material heterostructures are highly desired for
realisation of topological superconductivity and Majorana physics. Here, we demonstrate a …

Magnetization Control of Zero‐Field Intrinsic Superconducting Diode Effect

H Narita, J Ishizuka, D Kan, Y Shimakawa… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The superconducting diode effect (SDE), which causes a superconducting state in one
direction and a normal‐conducting state in another, has significant potential for developing …

Piezoelectric effect and diode effect in anapole and monopole superconductors

M Chazono, S Kanasugi, T Kitamura, Y Yanase - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Superconductors lacking both inversion symmetry and time-reversal symmetry have been
attracting much attention as a platform for exotic superconducting phases and anomalous …

Orbital effect on the intrinsic superconducting diode effect

K Nakamura, A Daido, Y Yanase - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The past few years have seen an increased interest in nonreciprocal phenomena in
superconductors, especially the superconducting diode effect (SDE) characterized by the …

Quasi-ideal feedback-loop supercurrent diode

G De Simoni, F Giazotto - Physical Review Applied, 2024 - APS
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-pinning mediated superconducting diode effect in NbSe2/CrGeTe3 heterostructure

A Mehrnejat, MC Hatnean, MC Rosamond… - 2D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In ferromagnet/superconductor bilayer systems, dipolar fields from the ferromagnet can
create asymmetric energy barriers for the formation and dynamics of vortices through flux …