Supercurrent diode effect and finite-momentum superconductors

Yuan, Noah F. Q.; Fu, Liang

doi:10.1073/pnas.2119548119

Title: Supercurrent diode effect and finite-momentum superconductors

Journal Article · Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119548119· OSTI ID:1904377

^[1]; Fu, Liang ^[2]

Computational Science And Applied Research Institute, Shenzhen (China)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

When both inversion and time-reversal symmetries are broken, the critical current of a superconductor can be nonreciprocal. In this work, we show that, in certain classes of two-dimensional superconductors with antisymmetric spin–orbit coupling, Cooper pairs acquire a finite momentum upon the application of an in-plane magnetic field, and, as a result, critical currents in the direction parallel and antiparallel to the Cooper pair momentum become unequal. This supercurrent diode effect is also manifested in the polarity dependence of in-plane critical fields induced by a supercurrent. These nonreciprocal effects may be found in polar SrTiO₃ film, few-layer MoTe₂ in the Td phase, and twisted bilayer graphene in which the valley degree of freedom plays a role analogous to spin.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018945

OSTI ID:: 1904377

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, Issue 15; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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