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ArticleNature communications2026

Imaging of gate-controlled suppression of superconductivity via the Meissner effect.

K J Knapp, U Ognjanović, P J Scheidegger, L Ruf, S Diesch, E Scheer, A Di Bernardo, C L Degen

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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K J Knapp *Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-7401-7806
U Ognjanović *Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
P J Scheidegger *Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
L RufDepartment of Physics, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3828-2669
S DieschDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
E ScheerDepartment of Physics, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-6979
A Di BernardoDepartment of Physics, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2912-2023
C L DegenDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. degenc@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-4301

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) ERC CoG 817720 (IMAGINE)EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 964398 (SUPERGATE)
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Abstract

It was recently discovered that supercurrents flowing through thin superconducting nanowires can be quenched by applying a gate voltage to a nearby gate electrode. This gate control of supercurrents, known as the GCS effect, could enable superconducting transistor logic. Here, we report that the GCS also manifests in a suppression of Meissner screening, establishing the phenomenon as a genuine feature of superconductivity that is not restricted to transport. Using a scanning nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometer at sub-Kelvin temperatures, we image the nanoscale spatial region of GCS suppression in micron-size niobium islands. Our observations are compatible with a microscopic hot-spot model of quasiparticle generation and diffusion, and in conflict with other candidate mechanisms such as Joule heating or an electric field effect. Our work introduces an alternative means for studying quasiparticle dynamics in superconducting nanostructures, and showcases the power of local imaging techniques for understanding emergent condensed matter phenomena.

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