LEADER 03824nam 22006015 450 001 9910984693503321 005 20250304115240.0 010 $a9783031816055 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-81605-5 035 $a(CKB)37776517900041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31943555 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31943555 035 $a(OCoLC)1504525642 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-81605-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937776517900041 100 $a20250304d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPhysics of Josephson Diodes Formed from 1T-Transition Metal Dichalcogenides /$fby Pranava Keerthi Sivakumar 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) 225 1 $aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5061 311 08$a9783031816048 327 $aChapter 1.Introduction and scope of the thesis -- Chapter 2.Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 3.Experimental methods -- Chapter 4.Josephson diode effect induced by finite momentum Cooper pairing in a topological Rashba system 1T-NiTe2 -- Chapter 5.Helical spin-momentum locking and tunable second-order junctions in the Dirac semimetal 1T-PtTe2 probed by the Josephson diode effect -- Chapter 6.Conclusions and outlook. 330 $aThis book provides a clear and lucid introduction to the field of non-reciprocal supercurrent transport in Josephson junctions, particularly the Josephson diode effect in junctions fabricated from mechanically exfoliated transition metal dichalcogenides and its microscopic mechanism. Superconducting materials that display a non-reciprocity in their critical current, namely a supercurrent diode effect (SDE), and Josephson junctions (JJs) that display a Josephson diode effect (JDE) have recently been discovered just a few years ago. These phenomena have attracted much attention for their potential in creating energy-efficient superconducting electronics. The SDE was discovered for the first time only in 2020 and the JDE shortly afterwards. JJs are a critical element of many superconducting devices and, in particular, superconducting qubits that are under intense study for the development of quantum computers. In order to make use of devices that display a JDE, a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the physical origin or origins of this effect is essential, which is the main topic of this dissertation. In addition to the published results, the dissertation contains detailed information on the basic theoretical aspects of superconductivity, Josephson junctions, and the experimental methods that are necessary to achieve these results, which is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students or any reader with knowledge on basic condensed matter physics. 410 0$aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,$x2190-5061 606 $aSuperconductivity 606 $aSuperconductors 606 $aSuperconductors$xChemistry 606 $aCondensed matter 606 $aSuperconductivity 606 $aSuperconductors 606 $aStrongly Correlated Systems 615 0$aSuperconductivity. 615 0$aSuperconductors. 615 0$aSuperconductors$xChemistry. 615 0$aCondensed matter. 615 14$aSuperconductivity. 615 24$aSuperconductors. 615 24$aStrongly Correlated Systems. 676 $a620.112973 700 $aSivakumar$b Pranava Keerthi$01790130 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910984693503321 996 $aPhysics of Josephson Diodes Formed from 1T-Transition Metal Dichalcogenides$94326233 997 $aUNINA