<p>The recent realization of superconducting proximity effects in chiral antiferromagnets (cAFMs) opens a new route to nonreciprocal superconducting transport of fundamental interest and practical importance. Using microscopic modeling and symmetry analysis, we show that Josephson junctions formed by conventional <i>s</i>-wave superconductors (SCs) and cAFMs on the kagome lattice exhibit both Josephson diode effects and anomalous Josephson effects (a <i>ϕ</i><sub>0</sub>-junction state with a finite supercurrent at zero phase bias) when spacial inversion <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({\mathcal{I}}\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">I</mi></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation>, time-reversal <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({\mathcal{T}}\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">T</mi></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation>, and the combined mirror-time-reversal <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathcal{TM}}}_{z}\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><msub><mrow><mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">TM</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>z</mi></mrow></msub></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation> symmetries are simultaneously broken. We propose two setups to realize these phenomena and achieve high diode efficiency. (i) An SC/cAFM/SC junction with spin-orbit coupling, which enables a field-free diode effect together with a tunable anomalous Josephson supercurrent. (ii) An SC/cAFM/<InlineEquation ID="IEq4"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\rm{cAFM}}}^{{\prime} }\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><msup><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">cAFM</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation>/SC junction, where two cAFM layers with different in-plane order orientations, under an out-of-plane Zeeman field, produce a pronounced diode effect and anomalous Josephson response. These results establish a direct link between <InlineEquation ID="IEq5"><EquationSource Format="TEX">\({{\mathcal{TM}}}_{z}\)</EquationSource><EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math><msub><mrow><mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic" mathvariant="script">TM</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>z</mi></mrow></msub></math></EquationSource></InlineEquation> symmetry breaking and nonreciprocal superconductivity, suggesting cAFMs as versatile platforms for symmetry-engineered Josephson diodes and tunable <i>ϕ</i><sub>0</sub>-junctions.</p>

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Field-free Josephson diode and tunable ϕ0-junction in chiral kagome antiferromagnets

  • Jin-Xing Hou,
  • Chuang Li,
  • Lun-Hui Hu,
  • Song-Bo Zhang

摘要

The recent realization of superconducting proximity effects in chiral antiferromagnets (cAFMs) opens a new route to nonreciprocal superconducting transport of fundamental interest and practical importance. Using microscopic modeling and symmetry analysis, we show that Josephson junctions formed by conventional s-wave superconductors (SCs) and cAFMs on the kagome lattice exhibit both Josephson diode effects and anomalous Josephson effects (a ϕ0-junction state with a finite supercurrent at zero phase bias) when spacial inversion \({\mathcal{I}}\)I, time-reversal \({\mathcal{T}}\)T, and the combined mirror-time-reversal \({{\mathcal{TM}}}_{z}\)TMz symmetries are simultaneously broken. We propose two setups to realize these phenomena and achieve high diode efficiency. (i) An SC/cAFM/SC junction with spin-orbit coupling, which enables a field-free diode effect together with a tunable anomalous Josephson supercurrent. (ii) An SC/cAFM/\({{\rm{cAFM}}}^{{\prime} }\)cAFM/SC junction, where two cAFM layers with different in-plane order orientations, under an out-of-plane Zeeman field, produce a pronounced diode effect and anomalous Josephson response. These results establish a direct link between \({{\mathcal{TM}}}_{z}\)TMz symmetry breaking and nonreciprocal superconductivity, suggesting cAFMs as versatile platforms for symmetry-engineered Josephson diodes and tunable ϕ0-junctions.