Josephson diode effect from nonequilibrium current in a superconducting interferometer

Daniel Shaffer; Songci Li; Jaglul Hasan; Mikhail Titov; Alex Levchenko

doi:10.1103/n9y8-31gc

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Josephson diode effect from nonequilibrium current in a superconducting interferometer

Daniel Shaffer, Songci Li, Jaglul Hasan, Mikhail Titov, Alex Levchenko

DOI 10.1103/n9y8-31gc · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We investigate the Josephson diode effect in a superconducting interferometer under nonequilibrium conditions. In contrast to its thermodynamic counterpart, which requires the simultaneous breaking of time-reversal and inversion symmetry, we demonstrate that a diodelike asymmetry of the critical current can emerge solely due to a dissipative current in the normal region of an otherwise symmetric Josephson junction. This effect is driven entirely by the nonequilibrium conditions, without the need for additional inversion symmetry breaking. Using the standard quasiclassical Keldysh Green's function formalism, we explicitly calculate the diode coefficient from the supercurrent-phase relation of the interferometer. Remarkably, within certain ranges of control parameters, such as applied voltage, temperature, and the geometric aspect ratio of the device, the diode coefficient can exceed its nominal perfect value.