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ArticleScience advances2025

Tunable superconducting diode effect in a topological nano-SQUID.

Ella Nikodem, Jakob Schluck, Max Geier, Michał Papaj, Henry F Legg, Junya Feng, Mahasweta Bagchi, Liang Fu, Yoichi Ando

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Ella NikodemPhysics Institute II, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-5961-101X
Jakob SchluckPhysics Institute II, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1209-4054
Max GeierDepartment of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7552-5763
Michał PapajDepartment of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Houston, TX 77204, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3127-6558
Henry F LeggDepartment of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0400-5370
Junya FengPhysics Institute II, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8202-0405
Mahasweta BagchiPhysics Institute II, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0031-0952
Liang FuDepartment of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8803-1017
Yoichi AndoPhysics Institute II, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3553-3355

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Abstract

A Josephson diode passes current with zero resistance in one direction but is resistive in the other direction. While such an effect has been observed in several platforms, a large and tunable Josephson diode effect has been rare. Here, we report that a simple device consisting of a topological-insulator (TI) nanowire side-contacted by superconductors to form a lateral Josephson junction presents a large diode effect with the efficiency [Formula: see text] reaching 0.3 when a parallel magnetic field [Formula: see text] is applied. The sign and the magnitude of [Formula: see text] are tunable not only by [Formula: see text] but also by the back-gate voltage. This diode effect can be understood by modeling the system as a nano-superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), in which the top and bottom surfaces of the TI nanowire each form a line junction and [Formula: see text] creates a magnetic flux to thread the SQUID loop. This model further shows that the observed diode effect marks the emergence of topological superconductivity in TI nanowire-based Josephson junction.

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