Superconducting diode effect in multiphase superconductors
Daniel Shaffer, Dmitry V. Chichinadze, Alex Levchenko
Abstract
We identify a particular mechanism for the intrinsic superconducting diode effect (SDE) in multiphase superconductors. Using a Ginzburg-Landau and a microscopic two-band model, we find phase transitions into a mixed phase with finite-momentum Cooper pairs and SDE with high (including maximal) diode efficiencies, despite the individual phases exhibiting no SDE and equal inversion parity. We thus show that parity mixing---invoked in previous proposals---is not a crucial ingredient for SDE. The new mechanism may be relevant in a multitude of known multiphase superconductors like ${\mathrm{UTe}}_{2}$.
Topics & Concepts
SuperconductivityMaterials scienceCondensed matter physicsPhysicsPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismSuperconductivity in MgB2 and AlloysSuperconducting Materials and Applications