Superconducting diode effect in diffusive superconductors and Josephson junctions with Rashba spin-orbit coupling

Autor:	Ilic, Stefan, Virtanen, Pauli, Crawford, Daniel, Heikkilä, Tero T., Bergeret, F. Sebastian
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Superconductivity Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	We characterize the superconducting diode effect (SDE) in two-dimensional diffusive structures with Rashba spin-orbit coupling using the quasiclassical formalism. We consider both homogeneous superconductors and Josephson junctions. In the first case, the diode effect monotonically increases as the magnetic field is increased and the temperature is reduced, in contrast to the non-monotonic behavior found in clean structures. In Josephson junctions, SDE dramatically increases and changes its sign close to the $0-\pi$ transition of the junction, which occurs at specific junction lengths and strengths of the magnetic field. We show that the SDE is strongly suppressed in narrow junctions. Our results are relevant for understanding recent experiments that measure SDE in mesoscopic nanostructures, where significant disorder is unavoidable. Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17046 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv