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 …

Sign reversal of the Josephson inductance magnetochiral anisotropy and 0–π-like transitions in supercurrent diodes

A Costa, C Baumgartner, S Reinhardt, J Berger… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The recent discovery of the intrinsic supercurrent diode effect, and its prompt observation in
a rich variety of systems, has shown that non-reciprocal supercurrents naturally emerge …

Josephson diode effect induced by valley polarization in twisted bilayer graphene

JX Hu, ZT Sun, YM Xie, KT Law - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Recently, the Josephson diode effect (JDE), in which the superconducting critical current
magnitudes differ when the currents flow in opposite directions, has attracted great interest …

Direct observation of a superconducting vortex diode

A Gutfreund, H Matsuki, V Plastovets, A Noah… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity can lead to unconventional
proximity and Josephson effects. A related phenomenon that has recently attracted …

Diamagnetic mechanism of critical current non-reciprocity in multilayered superconductors

A Sundaresh, JI Väyrynen, Y Lyanda-Geller… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The suggestion that non-reciprocal critical current (NRC) may be an intrinsic property of non-
centrosymmetric superconductors has generated renewed theoretical and experimental …

Theory of giant diode effect in -wave superconductor junctions on the surface of a topological insulator

Y Tanaka, B Lu, N Nagaosa - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Nonreciprocal responses of noncentrosymmetric quantum materials attracted recent
intensive interests, which is essential for the rectification function in diodes. A recent …

Gate-tunable Josephson diode in proximitized InAs supercurrent interferometers

C Ciaccia, R Haller, ACC Drachmann… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
The Josephson diode (JD) is a nonreciprocal circuit element that supports a larger critical
current in one direction compared to the other. This effect has gained growing interest …

Diode effects in current-biased Josephson junctions

JF Steiner, L Melischek, M Trahms, KJ Franke… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Current-biased Josephson junctions exhibit hysteretic transitions between dissipative and
superconducting states as characterized by switching and retrapping currents. Here, we …

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 …