Superconducting Diode Effect in Multiphase Superconductors

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Main Authors: Shaffer, Daniel, Chichinadze, Dmitry V., Levchenko, Alex
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Published: 2024
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author Shaffer, Daniel
Chichinadze, Dmitry V.
Levchenko, Alex
author_facet Shaffer, Daniel
Chichinadze, Dmitry V.
Levchenko, Alex
contents We identify a new mechanism for the intrinsic superconducting diode effect (SDE) in multiphase superconductors. Using a Ginzburg-Landau and a microscopic two-band model, we find phase transitions into a mixed phase with finite-momentum Cooper pairs and SDE with high (including maximal) diode efficiencies, despite the individual phases exhibiting no SDE and equal inversion parity. We thus show that parity mixing $-$ invoked in previous proposals $-$ is not a crucial ingredient for SDE. The new mechanism may be relevant in a multitude of known multiphase superconductors like UTe$_2$.
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spellingShingle Superconducting Diode Effect in Multiphase Superconductors
Shaffer, Daniel
Chichinadze, Dmitry V.
Levchenko, Alex
Superconductivity
We identify a new mechanism for the intrinsic superconducting diode effect (SDE) in multiphase superconductors. Using a Ginzburg-Landau and a microscopic two-band model, we find phase transitions into a mixed phase with finite-momentum Cooper pairs and SDE with high (including maximal) diode efficiencies, despite the individual phases exhibiting no SDE and equal inversion parity. We thus show that parity mixing $-$ invoked in previous proposals $-$ is not a crucial ingredient for SDE. The new mechanism may be relevant in a multitude of known multiphase superconductors like UTe$_2$.
title Superconducting Diode Effect in Multiphase Superconductors
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14612