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Baumgartner, Christian ; Fuchs, Lorenz ; Costa, Andreas ; Reinhardt, Simon ; Gronin, Sergei ; Gardner, Geoffrey C. ; Lindemann, Tyler ; Manfra, Michael James ; Faria Junior, Paulo Eduardo ; Kochan, Denis ; Fabian, Jaroslav ; Paradiso, Nicola ; Strunk, Christoph

Supercurrent rectification and magnetochiral effects in symmetric Josephson junctions

Baumgartner, Christian, Fuchs, Lorenz, Costa, Andreas , Reinhardt, Simon, Gronin, Sergei, Gardner, Geoffrey C. , Lindemann, Tyler, Manfra, Michael James, Faria Junior, Paulo Eduardo, Kochan, Denis, Fabian, Jaroslav , Paradiso, Nicola und Strunk, Christoph (2021) Supercurrent rectification and magnetochiral effects in symmetric Josephson junctions. Nature Nanotechnology 17, S. 39-44.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.51664


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Diodes exhibit non-reciprocal current-voltage relations, that is, the resistivity depends on the direction of the current flow. Now an array of Josephson junctions with large spin-orbit interaction acts as the superconducting version of a diode, where dissipation-free supercurrent flows in one direction, but not the other. Transport is non-reciprocal when not only the sign, but also the absolute ...

Diodes exhibit non-reciprocal current-voltage relations, that is, the resistivity depends on the direction of the current flow. Now an array of Josephson junctions with large spin-orbit interaction acts as the superconducting version of a diode, where dissipation-free supercurrent flows in one direction, but not the other. 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 and time-reversal symmetries, for example, by an interplay of spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field. Hitherto, observation of nonreciprocity was tied to resistivity, and dissipationless non-reciprocal circuit elements were elusive. Here we engineer fully superconducting non-reciprocal devices based on highly transparent Josephson junctions fabricated on InAs quantum wells. We demonstrate supercurrent rectification far below the transition temperature. By measuring Josephson inductance, we can link the non-reciprocal supercurrent to an asymmetry of the current-phase relation, and directly derive the supercurrent magnetochiral anisotropy coefficient. A semiquantitative model explains well the main features of our experimental data. Non-reciprocal Josephson junctions have the potential to become for superconducting circuits what pn junctions are for traditional electronics, enabling new non-dissipative circuit elements.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftNature Nanotechnology
Verlag:Nature
Ort der Veröffentlichung:BERLIN
Band:17
Seitenbereich:S. 39-44
DatumNovember 2021
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Theoretische Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Richter > Arbeitsgruppe Jaroslav Fabian
Physik > Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Weiss > Arbeitsgruppe Christoph Strunk
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WertTyp
10.1038/s41565-021-01009-9DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsIRREVERSIBLE-PROCESSES
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-516644
Dokumenten-ID51664

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