論文 Symmetry-broken Josephson junctions and superconducting diodes in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

J. Díez-Mérida ; A. Díez-Carlón ; S. Y. Yang ; Y.-M. Xie ; X.-J. Gao ; J. Senior ; K. Watanabe SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; T. Taniguchi SAMURAI ORCID (National Institute for Materials Science) ; X. Lu ; A. P. Higginbotham ; K. T. Law ; Dmitri K. Efetov

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J. Díez-Mérida, A. Díez-Carlón, S. Y. Yang, Y.-M. Xie, X.-J. Gao, J. Senior, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Lu, A. P. Higginbotham, K. T. Law, Dmitri K. Efetov. Symmetry-broken Josephson junctions and superconducting diodes in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. Nature Communications. 2023, 14 (1), 2396. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38005-7
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The simultaneous co-existence and gate-tuneability of the superconducting (SC), magnetic and topological orders in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) open up entirely new possibilities for the creation of complex hybrid Josephson junctions (JJ). Here we report on the creation of gate-defined, magnetic Josephson junctions in MATBG, where the weak link is gate-tuned close to the correlated state at a moiré filling factor of ν=-2. A highly unconventional Fraunhofer pattern emerges, which is phase-shifted and asymmetric with respect to the current and magnetic field directions, and shows a pronounced magnetic hysteresis. Interestingly, our theoretical calculations of the JJ with a valley polarized ν=-2 with orbital magnetization as the weak link explain most of these unconventional features without fine tuning the parameters. While these unconventional Josephson effects persist up to the critical temperature Tc ~ 3.5K of the superconducting state, at temperatures below T < 800mK, we observed a pronounced magnetic hysteresis possibly due to further spin-polarization of the ν=-2 state. We demonstrate how the combination of magnetization and its current induced magnetization switching in the MATBG JJ allows us to realize a programmable zero field superconducting diode, which represents a major building block for a new generation of superconducting quantum electronics.

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キーワード: Gate-tunable superconducting, Josephson junctions, magnetic hysteresis

刊行年月日: 2023-04-26

出版者: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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  • Nature Communications (ISSN: 20411723) vol. 14 issue. 1 2396

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公開URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38005-7

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