Unconventional Superconducting Diode Effects via Antisymmetry and Antisymmetry Breaking

Symmetry breaking plays a pivotal role in unlocking intriguing properties and functionalities in material systems. For example, the breaking of spatial and temporal symmetries leads to a fascinating phenomenon: the superconducting diode effect. However, generating and precisely controlling the superconducting diode effect pose significant challenges. Here, we take a novel route with the deliberate manipulation of magnetic charge potentials to realize unconventional superconducting flux-quantum diode effects. We achieve this through suitably tailored nanoengineered arrays of nanobar magnets on top of a superconducting thin film. We demonstrate the vital roles of inversion antisymmetry and its breaking in evoking unconventional superconducting effects, namely a magnetically symmetric diode effect and an odd-parity magnetotransport effect. These effects are nonvolatilely controllable through in situ magnetization switching of the nanobar magnets. Our findings promote the use of antisymmetry (breaking) for initiating unconventional superconducting properties, paving the way for exciting prospects and innovative functionalities in superconducting electronics.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 24(2024), 14 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 4108-4116

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Chong [VerfasserIn]
Lyu, Yang-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Wen-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Peiyuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Haojie [VerfasserIn]
Li, Tianyu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chen-Guang [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Zixiong [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Tu, Xuecou [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Sining [VerfasserIn]
He, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Xiaoqing [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Guozhu [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Huabing [VerfasserIn]
Peeters, Francois M [VerfasserIn]
Milošević, Milorad V [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Peiheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yong-Lei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antisymmetry breaking
Inversion antisymmetry
Journal Article
Odd-parity magnetotransport
Superconducting diode
Vortex

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Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c05008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370255542