Pair-Breaking and Dimensionality in Spin-Orbit Coupled SuperconductorsThe response of ultra-thin superconducting materials under parallel magnetic fields is often leveraged to obtain insight into the nature of the condensate, including features attributable to…Reiley Dorrian, Mizuki Ohno, Elena Williams et al.·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Josephson spectroscopy study of kagome superconductors toward the deep point-contact regimeJosephson scanning tunneling microscopy (JSTM) has emerged as an important technique for probing the superconducting order parameter at the atomic scale. However, the Josephson current in JSTM may…Hailang Qin, Xiao-Yu Yan, Hanbin Deng et al.·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Massive Mitigation of Transport AC Losses in Superconducting Hybrid CORC-TSTC CablesHigh-current superconducting cables are emerging as key enablers for next-generation power transmission systems; however, their deployment is often limited by transport AC losses. Hybrid…Hasan N. Al-Ssalih, Antonio Badía-Majós, Harold S. Ruiz·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Enhancement of Jc by Proton Irradiation in HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ Single CrystalsCritical current density is the key parameter for the practical application of superconductivity. In this study, 3 MeV proton irradiation experiments were conducted on…Wenjie Li, Ran Guo, Xin Zhou et al.·May 7, 2026SaveLearn
Superconductivity mediated by nematic fluctuations -- the dispersion of collective modesWe analyze the spectrum of collective modes in a superconductor in which pairing is mediated by long-range nematic fluctuations. Previous experimental and theoretical studies have found that the…Kazi Ranjibul Islam, Andrey Chubukov·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Response tensor for the superconducting (Josephson) diode effectWe propose a response tensor χ to characterize the non-reciprocal critical current response of the superconducting (Josephson) diode effect. It describes the coupling between the…Qiong Qin, Jie Wu, Congjun Wu·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Nonlocal transport phenomena in coupled quasiperiodic Kitaev chainsWe investigate the topological phases in a coupled one-dimensional p-wave superconducting Fibonacci quasicrystal modeled by the quasiperiodic Kitaev chain. Recent studies have shown that the coupled…Koki Mizuno·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Superconductivity in moiré transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers: comparison of two distinct theoretical approachesSuperconductivity has recently been observed in moiré transition-metal dichalcogenide bilayers. Here, we investigate the superconducting state in twisted WSe2 using two complementary theoretical…Waseem Akbar, Michał Zegrodnik·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Regulating oxygen content and superconductivity in La3Ni2O7+δThe synthesis of high-quality Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) nickelates remains challenging due to variations in oxygen content and the prevalence of intergrown RP phases. Precisely controlling the…Peiyue Ma, Jingyuan Li, Xing Huang et al.·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Towards reliable electrical measurements of superconducting devices inside a transmission electron microscopeCorrelating structure with electronic functionality is central to the engineering of quantum materials and devices whose properties depend sensitively on disorder. Transmission electron microscopy…Joachim Dahl Thomsen, Michael I. Faley, Joseph Vimal Vas et al.·May 6, 2026SaveLearn
Nonuniform superconducting states from Majorana flat bandsZero-energy flat bands within the superconducting gap can give rise to competing ordered phases. We investigate such phases in topological superconductors based on the magnetic adatom platform…Sushanth Varada, Aksel Kobiałka, Ankita Bhattacharya et al.·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
First-Order Transitions in Weak Ising Spin-Orbit-Coupled SuperconductorsIsing spin-orbit coupling (ISOC) can strongly protect superconductivity against exchange-field-induced depairing, typically leading to critical fields far exceeding the Pauli limit and continuous…Xusheng Wang, Gaomin Tang, Shuai-hua Ji·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Spatially Inhomogeneous Triplet Pairing Order and Josephson Diode Effect Induced by Frustrated Spin TexturesWe show that frustrated spin textures can generate anisotropic Josephson couplings between d vectors that can stabilize spatially varying pairing orders in spin triplet superconductors. These…Grayson R. Frazier, Yi Li·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Anisotropic Josephson coupling of d vectors in triplet superconductors arising from frustrated spin texturesWe demonstrate that coupling itinerant electrons to a noncollinear classical exchange field can induce anisotropic Josephson coupling between superconducting d vectors, analogous to the…Grayson R. Frazier, Junyi Zhang, Yi Li·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Berry Phase Enforced Spinor Pairing OrderWe introduce a class of topological pairing orders characterized by a half-integer pair monopole charge, leading to Berry phase enforced half-integer partial wave symmetry. This exotic spinor order…Yi Li, Grayson R. Frazier·May 5, 2026SaveLearn
Spin-polarized Josephson current induced by inhomogeneous altermagnetic interlayersThe pursuit of dissipationless spin supercurrents is a central theme in superconducting spintronics. We propose a field-free Josephson junction using an inhomogeneous altermagnetic interlayer with…Wenjun Zhao, Yuri Fukaya, Pablo Burset et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Nb3Sn Thin Films Using a Cu-Sn Route for Dark Matter DetectionAxion dark matter searches require superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities on copper (Cu) substrates with quality factors Q > 105 in multi-tesla magnetic fields. Copper reduces thermal noise…Andre Juliao·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum Geometric Quadrupole of Cooper PairsThe size of Cooper pairs defines a fundamental length scale of superconductivity, conventionally set by band dispersion and the superconducting gap. This picture breaks down in flat bands, where…Wenqin Chen, Kaijie Yang, Ting Cao et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Vortex Transport in Ni/Bi Bilayer Superconductor with Strong Spin-Orbit and Exchange InteractionNickel/bismuth (Ni/Bi) bilayers are a promising platform for exploring unconventional superconductivity. Ferromagnetic Ni is coupled to Bi, a strong spin orbit metal that only becomes superconducting…Laxmipriya Nanda, Sohini Guin, Yasen Hou et al.·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Interfacial charge-induced adsorption mode for electron pairing in high-temperature superconductorsThe electron pairing mechanism by the interfacial charge-induced adsorption mode of high-temperature superconductors is revealed. For the YBCO superconductors, the coupling of electrons and…Jiu Hui Wu, Hua Tian, Kejiang Zhou·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Revisiting the surface density of states of midgap Andreev edge statesWe revisit the effect of surface roughness on midgap Andreev edge states (MAES) in p- and d- wave superconductors. For a perfectly specular surface, MAES form a flat band at the Fermi energy, which…Gota Sato, Yasushi Nagato, Seiji Higashitani·May 4, 2026SaveLearn
Two distinct superconducting regimes in Ti4Co2O under pressuresWe report on the pressure dependence of superconducting transition temperature Tc and upper critical field Bc2(0) through electrical transport of the Ti4Co2O superconductor (eg.,the superconducting…Lifen Shi, Keyuan Ma, Binbin Ruan et al.·May 3, 2026SaveLearn
On the Author Correction to "Magnetic flux trapping in hydrogen-rich high-temperature superconductors", Nat Phys. 19, 1293 (2023), arXiv:2206.14108In Fig. 4c, under the section titled "Pinning and thermally activated motion of vortices" in arXiv:2206.14108 and Nat Phys. 19, 1293 (2023) [1], Minkov and co-workers presented the time…N. Zen·May 3, 2026SaveLearn
Impurity-Scattering Assisted Umklapp Scattering as the Origin of Low-Temperature Resistivity in the Normal-State of Cuprate SuperconductorsThe transport experiments reveal that the low-temperature resistivity in the normal-state of cuprate superconductors is quadratic in temperature (T-quadratic) in the underdoped pseudogap phase, while…Xingyu Ma, Minghuan Zeng, Huaiming Guo et al.·May 2, 2026SaveLearn
Superconducting diode effect in correlated electron systems by nonreciprocal magnetismThe superconducting diode effect (SDE), characterized by a nonreciprocal critical current in superconductors, has recently been observed in strongly correlated electron systems and near quantum…Kyohei Nakamura, Youichi Yanase·May 1, 2026SaveLearn