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 …

Recent advances in 2D material theory, synthesis, properties, and applications

YC Lin, R Torsi, R Younas, CL Hinkle, AF Rigosi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) material research is rapidly evolving to broaden the spectrum of
emergent 2D systems. Here, we review recent advances in the theory, synthesis …

Symmetry-broken Josephson junctions and superconducting diodes in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

J Díez-Mérida, A Díez-Carlón, SY Yang, YM Xie… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The coexistence of gate-tunable superconducting, magnetic and topological orders in magic-
angle twisted bilayer graphene provides opportunities for the creation of hybrid Josephson …

Stack growth of wafer-scale van der Waals superconductor heterostructures

Z Zhou, F Hou, X Huang, G Wang, Z Fu, W Liu, G Yuan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have attracted
considerable attention in recent years,,,–. The most widely used method of fabrication is to …

Josephson diode effect from Cooper pair momentum in a topological semimetal

B Pal, A Chakraborty, PK Sivakumar, M Davydova… - Nature physics, 2022 - nature.com
Cooper pairs in non-centrosymmetric superconductors can acquire finite centre-of-mass
momentum in the presence of an external magnetic field. Recent theory predicts that such …

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 …

Ubiquitous superconducting diode effect in superconductor thin films

Y Hou, F Nichele, H Chi, A Lodesani, Y Wu, MF Ritter… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The macroscopic coherence in superconductors supports dissipationless supercurrents that
could play a central role in emerging quantum technologies. Accomplishing unequal …

Supercurrent diode effect and magnetochiral anisotropy in few-layer NbSe2

L Bauriedl, C Bäuml, L Fuchs, C Baumgartner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nonreciprocal transport refers to charge transfer processes that are sensitive to the bias
polarity. Until recently, nonreciprocal transport was studied only in dissipative systems …

Field-free superconducting diode effect in noncentrosymmetric superconductor/ferromagnet multilayers

H Narita, J Ishizuka, R Kawarazaki, D Kan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The diode effect is fundamental to electronic devices and is widely used in rectifiers and ac–
dc converters. At low temperatures, however, conventional semiconductor diodes possess a …

Josephson diode effect in supercurrent interferometers

RS Souto, M Leijnse, C Schrade - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
A Josephson diode is a nonreciprocal circuit element that supports a larger dissipationless
supercurrent in one direction than in the other. In this Letter, we propose a class of …