The significance of the superconducting diode effect lies in its potential application as a fundamental component in the development of next-generation superconducting circuit technology. The stringent operating conditions at low temperatures have posed challenges for the conventional semiconductor diode, primarily due to its exceptionally high resistivity. In response to this limitation, various approaches have emerged to achieve the superconducting diode effect, primarily involving the disruption of inversion symmetry in a two-dimensional superconductor through heterostructure fabrication. In this study, we present a direct observation of the supercurrent diode effect in a NbSe2 nanobridge with a length of approximately 15 nm, created using focused helium ion beam fabrication. Nonreciprocal supercurrents were identified, reaching a peak value of approximately 380 $μ$A for each bias polarity at $B_{z}^{max} =\pm 0.2$ mT. Notably, the nonreciprocal supercurrent can be toggled by altering the bias polarity. This discovery of the superconducting diode effect introduces a novel avenue and mechanism through nanofabrication on a superconducting flake, offering fresh perspectives for the development of superconducting devices and potential circuits.
Interband-Pairing-Boosted Supercurrent Diode Effect in Multiband Superconductors
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics(北京凝聚态物理国家实验室);Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院物理研究所);School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学物理科学学院);School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology(北京理工大学物理学院);Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences(理论科学卡弗里研究所);CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation(中国科学院拓扑量子计算卓越创新中心);New Cornerstone Science Laboratory(新基石科学实验室)
Field-Resilient Supercurrent Diode in a Multiferroic Josephson Junction
University of California, Los Angeles(加州大学洛杉矶分校);Sandia National Laboratories(桑迪亚国家实验室);Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications(南京邮电大学);University of Houston(休斯顿大学);Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室);National Institute for Materials Science(国立材料研究所)
A Kapitza Pendulum Route to Supercurrent Tunnel Diodes
Istituto di Struttura della Materia of the National Research Council(国家研究委员会材料结构研究所);Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW Dresden(德累斯顿IFW理论固体质物理研究所);CNR-SPIN;Istituto Lombardo “Accademia di Scienze e Lettere”(伦巴第科学院与文学院);NEST Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore(CNR纳米科学研究所NEST与比萨高等师范学院);Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat(维尔茨堡-德累斯顿卓越集群ct.qmat);Universitá di Salerno(萨莱诺大学)
Gate-tunable Josephson diodes in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
RWTH Aachen University(亚琛工业大学);Forschungszentrum Jülich(于利希研究中心);University of Hamburg(汉堡大学);University of Würzburg(维尔茨堡大学);National Institute for Materials Science(国立材料研究所);University of Vienna(维也纳大学)
Supercurrent Diode Effect in Josephson Interferometers with Multiband Superconductors
CNR-SPIN(意大利国家研究委员会自旋物理学研究所);Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung IFW-Dresden(德累斯顿勒布尼兹固体与材料研究所凝聚态物理理论研究所);Istituto Lombardo “Accademia di Scienze e Lettere”(伦巴第科学院);NEST Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore(意大利国家研究委员会纳米科学研究所与比萨高等师范学院);Universitá di Salerno(萨莱诺大学)
Magnetic-Free Quantum Interference and Universal Josephson Diode Effect Driven by a Supercurrent Gauge Field
Tianjin University(天津大学);State Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Intelligent Sensing, Ministry of Science and Technology & Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, M(科学技术部先进智能材料国家重点实验室与有机集成电路重点实验室,M)
Pseudo-superconducting-diode effect in ferroelectric Josephson junctions
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology(代尔夫特理工大学卡弗里纳米科学研究所);Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology(代尔夫特理工大学量子纳米科学系);Department of Quantum Technology, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)(荷兰应用科学研究组织(TNO)量子技术部)
Enhanced superconducting diode effect in hybrid Josephson junctions
Center for Quantum Information Physics, New York University(纽约大学量子信息物理中心);Department of Physics, William & Mary(威廉与玛丽学院物理系);Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University(佛罗里达大西洋大学物理系);Sandia National Laboratories(桑迪亚国家实验室)
Light induced superconducting diode effect in patterned films
University of Connecticut(康涅狄格大学);Los Alamos National Laboratory(洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室);Nordita, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University(诺尔迪塔,皇家理工学院和斯德哥尔摩大学)
Josephson phase shift and diode effect due to the inverse spin Hall effect
RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)(理化学研究所新兴物质科学中心);Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University(广岛大学先进理工学研究科);CINaM, Aix-Marseille University(艾克斯-马赛大学中子与磁性材料中心)
Vortex-parity-controlled diode effect in Corbino topological Josephson junctions
Harvard University(哈佛大学);Sungkyunkwan University(成均馆大学);Institute for Basic Science(基础科学研究院);John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences(约翰·保尔逊工程与应用科学学院);Columbia University(哥伦比亚大学);Cornell University(康奈尔大学);Weizmann Institute of Science(魏茨曼科学研究所);Princeton University(普林斯顿大学);National Institute for Materials Science(国立材料研究所)
Graphene Josephson diodes from inherent asymmetric disorder
Istituto Nanoscienze–CNR, NEST-Scuola Normale Superiore(意大利国家研究委员会纳米科学研究所,NEST-比萨高等师范学院);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence(佛罗伦萨大学物理与天文学系);CNR-SPIN(意大利国家研究委员会自旋物理学研究所);Center for Nanotechnology Innovation, Laboratorio NEST, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia(意大利理工学院NEST实验室纳米技术创新中心);Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science(国立材料研究所电子与光学材料研究中心);Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science(国立材料研究所材料纳米架构研究中心)
CIC nanoGUNE-BRTA(巴斯克纳米材料研究中心);Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC) Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU(材料物理中心);Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)(圣塞巴斯蒂安国际物理中心);Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science(伊克拉巴斯克科学基金会)
Controlling superconducting transistor by coherent light
Beijing Computational Science Research Center(北京计算科学研究中心);Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics(中国工程物理研究院研究生院);Center for Quantum Technology Research, and Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurements, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology(北京理工大学物理学院量子技术研究中心及先进光电量子架构与测量重点实验室);School of Physics, Peking University(北京大学物理学院)
School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology(青岛理工大学理学院);International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University(北京大学物理学院量子材料科学中心);Hefei National Laboratory(合肥国家实验室)