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Unconventional Josephson supercurrent diode effect induced by chiral spin-orbit coupling
Costa, Andreas
, Kanehira, Osamu
, Matsueda, Hiroaki
and Fabian, Jaroslav
(2025)
Unconventional Josephson supercurrent diode effect induced by chiral spin-orbit coupling.
Physical Review B 111, L140506.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 22 Apr 2025 05:01
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.76596
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Abstract
Chiral materials lacking mirror symmetry can exhibit unconventional spin-orbit fields, including fully momentum-aligned radial Rashba fields as seen in twisted van der Waals homobilayers. We theoretically study Cooper-pair transfer in superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor Josephson junctions with crossed (tangential and radial) interfacial Rashba fields. We find that their interplay leads to ...
Chiral materials lacking mirror symmetry can exhibit unconventional spin-orbit fields, including fully momentum-aligned radial Rashba fields as seen in twisted van der Waals homobilayers. We theoretically study Cooper-pair transfer in superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor Josephson junctions with crossed (tangential and radial) interfacial Rashba fields. We find that their interplay leads to what we call the unconventional supercurrent diode effect (SDE), where supercurrent rectification occurs even with collinear (with respect to the current) barrier magnetization, not possible for conventional spin-orbit fields. This SDE, distinct from conventional Rashba-induced effects on Cooper-pair momenta, arises from the spin precession in the magnetic barrier. We propose it as a sensitive probe of chiral spin textures.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review B | ||||
| Publisher: | American Physical Society (APS) | ||||
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| Volume: | 111 | ||||
| Page Range: | L140506 | ||||
| Date | 17 April 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Jaroslav Fabian | ||||
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Funded by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(454646522)
Funded by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(314695032)
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| Keywords | Andreev bound states, Andreev reflection, Josephson effect, Rashba coupling, Diodes | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-765967 | ||||
| Item ID | 76596 |
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