Heinz Schmid, Hans Biebuyck, et al.
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
We investigate the direction-dependent switching current in a flux-tunable four-terminal Josephson junction defined in an InAs/Al two-dimensional heterostructure. The device exhibits the Josephson diode effect with switching currents that depend on the sign of the bias current. The superconducting diode efficiency, reaching a maximum of |η| ≈ 34%, is widely tunable─both in amplitude and sign─as a function of magnetic fluxes and gate voltages. Our observations are supported by a circuit model of three parallel Josephson junctions with nonsinusoidal current-phase relation. With respect to conventional Josephson interferometers, phase-tunable multiterminal Josephson junctions enable large diode efficiencies in structurally symmetric devices, where local magnetic fluxes generated on the chip break both time-reversal and spatial symmetries. Our work presents an approach for developing Josephson diodes with wide-range tunability that do not rely on exotic materials.
Heinz Schmid, Hans Biebuyck, et al.
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
R.D. Murphy, R.O. Watts
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Surendra B. Anantharaman, Joachim Kohlbrecher, et al.
MRS Fall Meeting 2020
D.D. Awschalom, J.-M. Halbout
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials