Nonreciprocal Supercurrents in a Field-Free Graphene Josephson TriodeClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- John Chiles*John Chiles*Email: [email protected]Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, United StatesMore by John Chiles
- Ethan G. ArnaultEthan G. ArnaultDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, United StatesMore by Ethan G. Arnault
- Chun-Chia ChenChun-Chia ChenDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, United StatesMore by Chun-Chia Chen
- Trevyn F. Q. LarsonTrevyn F. Q. LarsonDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, United StatesMore by Trevyn F. Q. Larson
- Lingfei ZhaoLingfei ZhaoDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, United StatesMore by Lingfei Zhao
- Kenji WatanabeKenji WatanabeNational Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, JapanMore by Kenji Watanabe
- Takashi TaniguchiTakashi TaniguchiNational Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, JapanMore by Takashi Taniguchi
- François AmetFrançois AmetDepartment of Physics and Astonomy, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28607, United StatesMore by François Amet
- Gleb FinkelsteinGleb FinkelsteinDepartment of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, United StatesMore by Gleb Finkelstein
Abstract

Superconducting diodes are proposed nonreciprocal circuit elements that should exhibit nondissipative transport in one direction while being resistive in the opposite direction. Multiple examples of such devices have emerged in the past couple of years; however, their efficiency is typically limited, and most of them require a magnetic field to function. Here we present a device that achieves efficiencies approaching 100% while operating at zero field. Our samples consist of a network of three graphene Josephson junctions linked by a common superconducting island, to which we refer as a Josephson triode. The three-terminal nature of the device inherently breaks the inversion symmetry, and the control current applied to one of the contacts breaks the time-reversal symmetry. The triode’s utility is demonstrated by rectifying a small (nA scale amplitude) applied square wave. We speculate that devices of this type could be realistically employed in the modern quantum circuits.
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