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 …

The physics of pair-density waves: cuprate superconductors and beyond

DF Agterberg, JCS Davis, SD Edkins… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We review the physics of pair-density wave (PDW) superconductors. We begin with a
macroscopic description that emphasizes order induced by PDW states, such as charge …

Observation of superconducting diode effect

F Ando, Y Miyasaka, T Li, J Ishizuka, T Arakawa… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Nonlinear optical and electrical effects associated with a lack of spatial inversion symmetry
allow direction-selective propagation and transport of quantum particles, such as photons …

Intrinsic superconducting diode effect

A Daido, Y Ikeda, Y Yanase - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Stimulated by the recent experiment [F. Ando, Nature (London) 584, 373 (2020). NATUAS
0028-0836 10.1038/s41586-020-2590-4], we propose an intrinsic mechanism to cause the …

Field-induced transition within the superconducting state of CeRh2As2

S Khim, JF Landaeta, J Banda, N Bannor, M Brando… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Materials with multiple superconducting phases are rare. Here, we report the discovery of
two-phase unconventional superconductivity in CeRh2As2. Using thermodynamic probes …

Superconductivity and local inversion-symmetry breaking

MH Fischer, M Sigrist, DF Agterberg… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Inversion and time reversal are essential symmetries for the structure of Cooper pairs in
superconductors. The loss of one or both leads to modifications to this structure and can …

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 …

Transport in two-dimensional topological materials: recent developments in experiment and theory

D Culcer, AC Keser, Y Li, G Tkachov - 2D Materials, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We review theoretical and experimental highlights in transport in two-dimensional
topological materials over the last five years. Topological materials comprise topological …

Recent progress on superconductors with time-reversal symmetry breaking

SK Ghosh, M Smidman, T Shang… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconductivity and magnetism are adversarial states of matter. The presence of
spontaneous magnetic fields inside the superconducting state is, therefore, an intriguing …

Group-theoretical classification of multipole order: Emergent responses and candidate materials

H Watanabe, Y Yanase - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The multipole moment is an established concept of electrons in solids. Entanglement of spin,
orbital, and sublattice degrees of freedom is described by the multipole moment, and …