Spontaneous supercurrents and vortex depinning in two-dimensional arrays of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>φ</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> Josephson junctions

Two-dimensional arrays of ballistic Josephson junctions are important as model systems for synthetic quantum materials. Here, we investigate arrays of multiterminal junctions which exhibit a phase difference ${\ensuremath{\varphi}}_{0}$ at zero current. When applying an in-plane magnetic field, we observe nonreciprocal vortex depinning currents. We explain this effect in terms of a ratchetlike pinning potential, which is induced by spontaneous supercurrent loops. Supercurrent loops arise in multiterminal ${\ensuremath{\varphi}}_{0}$ junction arrays as a consequence of next-nearest-neighbor Josephson coupling. Tuning the density of vortices to commensurate values of the frustration parameter results in an enhancement of the ratchet effect. In addition, we find a surprising sign reversal of the ratchet effect near frustration 1/3. Our work calls for the search for novel magnetic structures in artificial crystals in the absence of time-reversal symmetry.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
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2025-11-04
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https://doi.org/10.1103/31zv-84hw
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Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
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Spontaneous supercurrents and vortex depinning in two-dimensional arrays of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>φ</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> Josephson junctions

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Spontaneous supercurrents and vortex depinning in two-dimensional arrays of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>φ</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> Josephson junctions

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Abstract

Two-dimensional arrays of ballistic Josephson junctions are important as model systems for synthetic quantum materials. Here, we investigate arrays of multiterminal junctions which exhibit a phase difference ${\ensuremath{\varphi}}_{0}$ at zero current. When applying an in-plane magnetic field, we observe nonreciprocal vortex depinning currents. We explain this effect in terms of a ratchetlike pinning potential, which is induced by spontaneous supercurrent loops. Supercurrent loops arise in multiterminal ${\ensuremath{\varphi}}_{0}$ junction arrays as a consequence of next-nearest-neighbor Josephson coupling. Tuning the density of vortices to commensurate values of the frustration parameter results in an enhancement of the ratchet effect. In addition, we find a surprising sign reversal of the ratchet effect near frustration 1/3. Our work calls for the search for novel magnetic structures in artificial crystals in the absence of time-reversal symmetry.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 112(22)
Cornell University (US), Purdue University West Lafayette (US), Yale University (US), University of Regensburg (DE), Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
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