Vortex-parity-controlled diode effect in Corbino topological Josephson junctions
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| author | Park, Joon Young Werkmeister, Thomas Zauberman, Jonathan Lesser, Omri Anderson, Laurel E. Ronen, Yuval Cea, Cristian J. Medina Kushwaha, Satya K. Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Cava, Robert J. Oreg, Yuval Yacoby, Amir Kim, Philip |
| author_facet | Park, Joon Young Werkmeister, Thomas Zauberman, Jonathan Lesser, Omri Anderson, Laurel E. Ronen, Yuval Cea, Cristian J. Medina Kushwaha, Satya K. Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Cava, Robert J. Oreg, Yuval Yacoby, Amir Kim, Philip |
| contents | Nonreciprocal supercurrents in Josephson junctions have recently emerged as a sensitive tool for investigating broken symmetries in superconducting quantum materials. Here, we report an even-odd Josephson diode effect (JDE) in Corbino-geometry junctions fabricated on the pristine surface of a bulk-insulating three-dimensional topological insulator (3DTI). We find that the diode polarity, which indicates the preferred direction of supercurrent flow, robustly alternates its sign depending on the parity (even or odd) of the enclosed vortex number. This behavior is absent in two key control devices: a non-topological graphene Corbino Josephson junction and a 3DTI-based linear Josephson junction. These results indicate that the polarity-tunable JDE is intrinsically linked to the unique combination of the proximitized topological superconductivity in the 3DTI surface and the Corbino device's closed-loop geometry. Our theoretical modeling attributes the observed sign change in diode polarity to the alternating sign of periodic boundary conditions in topological superconductors, supporting the interpretation that the vortex-parity-controlled JDE is a direct manifestation of the underlying Andreev bound state topology associated with the presence of non-Abelian anyons in the vortices. |
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| spellingShingle | Vortex-parity-controlled diode effect in Corbino topological Josephson junctions Park, Joon Young Werkmeister, Thomas Zauberman, Jonathan Lesser, Omri Anderson, Laurel E. Ronen, Yuval Cea, Cristian J. Medina Kushwaha, Satya K. Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Cava, Robert J. Oreg, Yuval Yacoby, Amir Kim, Philip Superconductivity Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Nonreciprocal supercurrents in Josephson junctions have recently emerged as a sensitive tool for investigating broken symmetries in superconducting quantum materials. Here, we report an even-odd Josephson diode effect (JDE) in Corbino-geometry junctions fabricated on the pristine surface of a bulk-insulating three-dimensional topological insulator (3DTI). We find that the diode polarity, which indicates the preferred direction of supercurrent flow, robustly alternates its sign depending on the parity (even or odd) of the enclosed vortex number. This behavior is absent in two key control devices: a non-topological graphene Corbino Josephson junction and a 3DTI-based linear Josephson junction. These results indicate that the polarity-tunable JDE is intrinsically linked to the unique combination of the proximitized topological superconductivity in the 3DTI surface and the Corbino device's closed-loop geometry. Our theoretical modeling attributes the observed sign change in diode polarity to the alternating sign of periodic boundary conditions in topological superconductors, supporting the interpretation that the vortex-parity-controlled JDE is a direct manifestation of the underlying Andreev bound state topology associated with the presence of non-Abelian anyons in the vortices. |
| title | Vortex-parity-controlled diode effect in Corbino topological Josephson junctions |
| topic | Superconductivity Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.14384 |