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 …

Multifunctional 1D nanostructures toward future batteries: a comprehensive review

JY Cheong, SH Cho, J Lee, JW Jung… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the unique properties which are considerably different from macro‐scale or bulk
materials, 1D) nanostructures have received great interests. In particular, they have greatly …

Supercurrent rectification and magnetochiral effects in symmetric Josephson junctions

C Baumgartner, L Fuchs, A Costa, S Reinhardt… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Transport is non-reciprocal when not only the sign, but also the absolute value of the current
depends on the polarity of the applied voltage. It requires simultaneously broken inversion …

Zero-field polarity-reversible Josephson supercurrent diodes enabled by a proximity-magnetized Pt barrier

KR Jeon, JK Kim, J Yoon, JC Jeon, H Han, A Cottet… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Simultaneous breaking of inversion and time-reversal symmetries in a conductor yields a
non-reciprocal electronic transport,–, known as the diode or rectification effect, that is, low …

Universal Josephson diode effect

M Davydova, S Prembabu, L Fu - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
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 …

Theory of the supercurrent diode effect in Rashba superconductors with arbitrary disorder

S Ilić, FS Bergeret - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We calculate the nonreciprocal critical current and quantify the supercurrent diode effect in
two-dimensional Rashba superconductors with arbitrary disorder, using the quasiclassical …

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 in high-mobility InSb nanoflags

B Turini, S Salimian, M Carrega, A Iorio, E Strambini… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report nonreciprocal dissipation-less transport in single ballistic InSb nanoflag
Josephson junctions. Applying an in-plane magnetic field, we observe an inequality in …

Effect of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin–orbit coupling on supercurrent rectification and magnetochiral anisotropy of ballistic Josephson junctions

C Baumgartner, L Fuchs, A Costa… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Simultaneous breaking of inversion-and time-reversal symmetry in Josephson junction (JJ)
leads to a possible violation of the I (φ)=− I (− φ) equality for the current–phase relation. This …

Phase engineering of anomalous Josephson effect derived from Andreev molecules

S Matsuo, T Imoto, T Yokoyama, Y Sato… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
A Josephson junction (JJ) is a key device for developing superconducting circuits, wherein a
supercurrent in the JJ is controlled by the phase difference between the two …