The Japan Society of Applied Physics

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[C-10-02] Superconducting Diode Effect in Ferromagnet-inserted Noncentrosymmetric Superconducting Multilayers

〇Hideki Narita1, Jun Ishizuka2, Ryo Kawarazki1, Daisuke Kan1,3, Yoichi Shiota1,3, Takahiro Moriyama1,3, Yuichi Shimakawa1,3, Ognev V. Alexey4, Samardak S. Alexander4, Youichi Yanase5,6, Teruo Ono1,3,4,7 (1. ICR, Kyoto Univ. (Japan), 2. ETH Zurich (Switzerland), 3. CSRN, Kyoto Univ. (Japan), 4. Far Eastern Federal Univ. (Russia), 5. Dept. of Phys. , Kyoto Univ. (Japan), 6. IMS (Japan), 7. CSRN, Osaka Univ. (Japan))

Presentation style: Online

https://doi.org/10.7567/SSDM.2022.C-10-02

The diode effect in superconductors, called the superconducting diode effect (SDE), implies a superconducting state in one direction and a normal-conducting state in the other direction. Recently, the SDE has been discovered in the Nb/V/Ta superlattice with a polar structure. However, the SDE requires an external magnetic field, which limits its practical application. We present an SDE in a zero-field using noncentrosymmetric [Nb/V/Co/V/Ta]20 multilayers. The polarity of the SDE is controlled by the magnetization direction of the ferromagnetic layer. These findings enable the development of novel non-volatile memories and logic circuits with ultralow power consumption using such SDEs.