1. Gate-tunable giant superconducting nonreciprocal transport in few-layer $T_{\rm d}$-MoTe$_2$
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Wakamura, T., Hashisaka, M., Hoshino, S., Bard, M., Okazaki, S., Sasagawa, T., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Muraki, K., and Kumada, N.
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Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) ,Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics ,Condensed Matter - Superconductivity ,Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) ,FOS: Physical sciences - Abstract
We demonstrate gate-tunable giant field-dependent nonreciprocal transport (magnetochiral anisotropy) in a noncentrosymmetric superconductor $T_{\rm d}$-MoTe$_2$ in the thin limit. Giant magnetochiral anisotropy (MCA) with a rectification coefficient $\gamma$ = $3.1 \times 10^6$ T$^{-1}$ A$^{-1}$, is observed at 230 mK, below the superconducting transition temperature ($T_c$). This is one of the largest values reported so far and is likely attributed to the reduced symmetry of the crystal structure. The temperature dependence of $\gamma$ indicates that the ratchet-like motion of magnetic vortices is the origin of the MCA, as supported by our theoretical model. For bilayer $T_{\rm d}$-MoTe$_2$, we successfully perform gate control of the MCA and realize threefold modulation of $\gamma$. Our experimental results provide a new route to realizing electrically controllable superconducting rectification devices in a single material., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures
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- 2023
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