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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Magnetoelectric effects in Josephson junctions

IV Bobkova, AM Bobkov, MA Silaev - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The review is devoted to the fundamental aspects and characteristic features of the
magnetoelectric effects, reported in the literature on Josephson junctions (JJs). The main …

General theory of Josephson diodes

Y Zhang, Y Gu, P Li, J Hu, K Jiang - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Motivated by recent progress in the superconductivity nonreciprocal phenomena, we study
the general theory of Josephson diodes. The central ingredient for Josephson diodes is the …

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 …