The superconducting diode effect in Josephson junctions fabricated from structurally chiral Mo$_3$Al$_2$C
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| author | Orban, Peter T. Bassen, Gregory Crites, Evan N. Matsuo, Takumi Siegler, Maxime A. McQueen, Tyrel M. |
| author_facet | Orban, Peter T. Bassen, Gregory Crites, Evan N. Matsuo, Takumi Siegler, Maxime A. McQueen, Tyrel M. |
| contents | The superconducting diode effect occurs in superconducting materials in which both spin and inversion symmetry are broken. The recently observed chirality-induced spin selectivity effect demonstrates that chiral materials break both symmetries. Thus a Josephson junction interface with the left-handed structure on one side of the junction and the right-handed structure on the other should exhibit a diode effect. Here, we report the electrical transport properties of right-handed/left-handed and right-handed/right-handed devices fabricated from single crystals of the structurally chiral superconductor Mo$_3$Al$_2$C. Fraunhofer-like magnetic diffraction patterns confirm the presence of Josephson effect in all but one of our devices. A magnetic field-induced superconducting diode effect is demonstrated in the right-handed/left-handed devices by a statistically significant difference in $I_{c+}$ and $I_{c-}$, with a maximum asymmetry of 5\%. The intrinsic superconducting diode effect is not observed in the right-handed/right-handed devices. We provide an explanation for the presence of the superconducting diode effect in the right-handed/left-handed devices. |
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| spellingShingle | The superconducting diode effect in Josephson junctions fabricated from structurally chiral Mo$_3$Al$_2$C Orban, Peter T. Bassen, Gregory Crites, Evan N. Matsuo, Takumi Siegler, Maxime A. McQueen, Tyrel M. Superconductivity The superconducting diode effect occurs in superconducting materials in which both spin and inversion symmetry are broken. The recently observed chirality-induced spin selectivity effect demonstrates that chiral materials break both symmetries. Thus a Josephson junction interface with the left-handed structure on one side of the junction and the right-handed structure on the other should exhibit a diode effect. Here, we report the electrical transport properties of right-handed/left-handed and right-handed/right-handed devices fabricated from single crystals of the structurally chiral superconductor Mo$_3$Al$_2$C. Fraunhofer-like magnetic diffraction patterns confirm the presence of Josephson effect in all but one of our devices. A magnetic field-induced superconducting diode effect is demonstrated in the right-handed/left-handed devices by a statistically significant difference in $I_{c+}$ and $I_{c-}$, with a maximum asymmetry of 5\%. The intrinsic superconducting diode effect is not observed in the right-handed/right-handed devices. We provide an explanation for the presence of the superconducting diode effect in the right-handed/left-handed devices. |
| title | The superconducting diode effect in Josephson junctions fabricated from structurally chiral Mo$_3$Al$_2$C |
| topic | Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11629 |