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In S/HM/S junctions the Josephson diode effect for s-wave pairing requires nonzero chemical potential together with conical magnetism in the helimagnet.

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load-bearing objection The paper shows a 1D helimagnet can produce a tunable Josephson diode effect for s-wave pairing when mu is nonzero and the conical order is imposed, reaching 40% efficiency, but the magnetic texture is not solved self-consistently. the 3 major comments →

arxiv 2605.29285 v1 pith:MTXJGZWQ submitted 2026-05-28 cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hall

Helimagnetic Josephson diode effect

Qiang Cheng , Yu-Chen Zhuang , Qing-Feng Sun This is my paper
classification cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hall
keywords Josephson diode effecthelimagnetsuperconductor junctionss-wave pairingp-wave pairingconical magnetic configurationsupercurrent nonreciprocity
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal T4 reserved

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The paper studies one-dimensional superconductor/helimagnet/superconductor junctions using the Green's function method. It establishes that, for spin-singlet s-wave pairing, the Josephson diode effect appears only when the chemical potential is nonzero and the helimagnet adopts a conical magnetic configuration. Diode efficiency reaches values close to 40 percent for selected parameters and reverses sign when chirality, tilt angle, exchange coupling or chemical potential is varied. For spin-triplet p-wave pairing the chemical-potential requirement disappears because equal-spin Cooper pairs mediate transport. The work supplies an explicit route to the diode effect that does not rely on spin-orbit coupling.

Core claim

For spin-singlet s-wave pairing the necessary conditions for the Josephson diode effect are the nonzero chemical potential and the conical magnetic configuration in the helimagnet; the diode efficiency depends strongly on chemical potential, chirality, tilt angle and exchange coupling, attaining values near 40 percent for specific choices, with its sign controllable by the same parameters. The dependence on the number of supercells is also mapped. For spin-triplet p-wave pairing the nonzero chemical potential ceases to be necessary because equal-spin Cooper-pair transport is allowed.

What carries the argument

Symmetry analysis together with energy-band calculations performed on the one-dimensional S/HM/S junction whose helimagnet layer carries a conical magnetic configuration.

Load-bearing premise

The analysis treats the geometry as strictly one-dimensional and holds the conical magnetic configuration fixed with its tilt angle and exchange coupling as externally chosen inputs rather than quantities determined self-consistently inside the material.

What would settle it

Observation of a vanishing diode effect in an S/HM/S device when the chemical potential is tuned through zero while the helimagnet remains in a conical state, or when the magnetic structure is forced into a non-conical state while chemical potential remains finite, would falsify the stated necessity conditions.

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If this is right

  • Diode efficiency is tunable by helimagnet parameters and by the number of supercells.
  • The sign of the efficiency reverses when chirality, tilt angle or exchange coupling is changed.
  • For p-wave pairing the diode effect survives at zero chemical potential.
  • The effect supplies a route to supercurrent nonreciprocity without spin-orbit coupling.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same conical-magnetism mechanism could be tested in two-dimensional or three-dimensional junctions if the magnetic texture can be maintained.
  • Magnetic-field control of the tilt angle would provide an external knob for switching the diode direction in a circuit.
  • The parameter window that yields 40 percent efficiency could be used to benchmark microscopic calculations of the exchange coupling strength.

Editorial analysis

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Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit.

Referee Report

3 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper studies the Josephson diode effect in one-dimensional S/helimagnet/S junctions using the Green's function method. For spin-singlet s-wave pairing, it finds that nonzero chemical potential and conical magnetic configuration in the helimagnet are necessary for the diode effect, with efficiencies up to approximately 40% for tuned parameters. The sign of the efficiency can be tuned by various parameters, and the dependence on the number of supercells is investigated. For spin-triplet p-wave pairing, nonzero chemical potential is not necessary due to equal-spin Cooper pair transport. The results are explained via symmetry analysis and energy band calculations.

Significance. If the findings hold, this work provides a mechanism for realizing the Josephson diode effect without spin-orbit coupling by using helimagnets, which has potential applications in dissipationless electronic devices. The distinction between s-wave and p-wave cases, and the high reported efficiency, are of interest for superconducting spintronics. The exploration of parameter dependence offers insights for experimental realization. The investigation of supercell number dependence is a positive aspect of the analysis.

major comments (3)
  1. [Model section] Model section: The conical magnetic configuration is imposed as a fixed input with tilt angle, exchange coupling strength, and chirality treated as externally tunable parameters. The stability of this assumed profile is not checked self-consistently against the exchange interaction in the presence of proximity-induced pairing and finite chemical potential, which could drive the system to a different magnetic ground state. This assumption is load-bearing for the necessity claim regarding the conical configuration in s-wave junctions.
  2. [Green's function calculations] Green's function method and results: The abstract states that findings are obtained via the Green's function method and reports diode efficiencies close to 40%, but supplies no explicit derivations, error estimates, or checks against limiting cases (e.g., mu=0 or collinear magnetism). The central claims on necessity conditions and quantitative efficiencies rest on these unshown numerical results.
  3. [Results section] Results section: The diode efficiency values and their dependence on chemical potential, tilt angle, and exchange coupling are presented as outcomes of the calculations, but it is not shown how these efficiencies are extracted from the Green's functions or whether they reduce by construction to quantities defined by the same input parameters.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract refers to 'the number of supercells in the helimagnet' without defining the supercell size relative to the helical period or providing the corresponding figure or equation.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading, positive assessment of significance, and constructive comments. We address each major comment point by point below.

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  1. Referee: [Model section] The conical magnetic configuration is imposed as a fixed input with tilt angle, exchange coupling strength, and chirality treated as externally tunable parameters. The stability of this assumed profile is not checked self-consistently against the exchange interaction in the presence of proximity-induced pairing and finite chemical potential, which could drive the system to a different magnetic ground state. This assumption is load-bearing for the necessity claim regarding the conical configuration in s-wave junctions.

    Authors: We agree that a fully self-consistent treatment of the magnetic profile would be desirable for completeness. In the present work we adopt the standard modeling approach for helimagnetic junctions in which the conical configuration (with given tilt angle, chirality and exchange strength) is taken as an externally imposed input; the focus is on the proximity-induced pairing and the resulting Josephson current. The necessity of the conical state for the diode effect in the s-wave case is established within this model by explicit comparison with the collinear limit. We will add a clarifying paragraph in the Model section stating this modeling assumption and noting that a self-consistent determination of the magnetic ground state lies beyond the present scope. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Green's function calculations] Green's function method and results: The abstract states that findings are obtained via the Green's function method and reports diode efficiencies close to 40%, but supplies no explicit derivations, error estimates, or checks against limiting cases (e.g., mu=0 or collinear magnetism). The central claims on necessity conditions and quantitative efficiencies rest on these unshown numerical results.

    Authors: The Green's function formalism employed is the standard recursive technique for one-dimensional junctions; the central equations appear in the Methods section. To strengthen the presentation we will (i) add explicit numerical checks confirming vanishing diode efficiency for μ=0 and for collinear magnetism, and (ii) include a short description of the numerical implementation and convergence criteria with respect to the number of discretization points. Because the method is deterministic and exact for the given tight-binding Hamiltonian, conventional error bars are not applicable; convergence is verified by increasing the supercell resolution. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Results section] Results section: The diode efficiency values and their dependence on chemical potential, tilt angle, and exchange coupling are presented as outcomes of the calculations, but it is not shown how these efficiencies are extracted from the Green's functions or whether they reduce by construction to quantities defined by the same input parameters.

    Authors: The diode efficiency is defined by the standard expression η = (I_c^+ − I_c^−)/(I_c^+ + I_c^−), where the two critical currents are read off from the computed current-phase relation I(ϕ). The current-phase relation itself is obtained directly from the Green's function via the standard trace formula for the Josephson current. We will insert an explicit statement of this definition together with the extraction procedure at the beginning of the Results section, thereby making the connection to the input parameters transparent. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation self-contained

full rationale

The paper computes the Josephson diode effect via the Green's function method on a 1D S/HM/S junction. Inputs (conical magnetization profile with tilt angle, exchange coupling, chirality; chemical potential) are externally specified parameters. The reported necessary conditions (nonzero mu plus conical order for s-wave case) and diode efficiencies (up to ~40%) are explicit numerical outcomes of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes or Green's function solution, not redefinitions or statistical fits of those same inputs. No self-citations appear in the abstract or provided text; no equations equate a computed quantity back to a fitted parameter by construction. The model is therefore self-contained against its stated assumptions, consistent with a normal non-circular finding.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

3 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims rest on the Green's function formalism applied to a 1D tight-binding model with an externally imposed conical exchange field; no new particles or forces are postulated.

free parameters (3)
  • chemical potential
    Nonzero value required for s-wave diode effect; specific magnitude chosen to achieve reported efficiencies.
  • tilt angle
    Tuned together with exchange coupling to reach 40% efficiency.
  • exchange coupling strength
    Varied to demonstrate sign reversal of diode efficiency.
axioms (2)
  • standard math Green's function method yields the supercurrent in the junction geometry
    Standard technique invoked for the calculation of Josephson current.
  • domain assumption Helimagnet hosts a static conical magnetic configuration
    Magnetic texture is imposed rather than derived from microscopic interactions.

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We study the Josephson diode effect in the one-dimensional superconductor/helimagnet/superconductor junctions using the Green's function method. For the spin-singlet $s$-wave pairing in superconductors, it is found that the necessary conditions for the Josephson diode effect are the nonzero chemical potential and the conical magnetic configuration in the helimagnet. The diode efficiency is strongly dependent on the chemical potential, chirality, tilt angle and exchange coupling in the helimagnet. The high efficiency close to $40\%$ can be obtained for specific parameter values. The sign of the diode efficiency can be tuned by changing the chirality, tilt angle, exchange coupling and chemical potential. The dependence of the diode efficiency on the number of supercells in the helimagnet is also investigated. The characteristics of the supercurrent nonreciprocity and diode efficiency in the junctions are clarified through the symmetry analysis and the energy band calculations. The diode effect for the spin-triplet $p$-wave pairing in superconductors is also discussed and the nonzero chemical potential is no longer a necessary condition for the Josephson diode effect due to the equal-spin Cooper pair-mediated transport in the $p$-wave junctions. These results provide a scheme for the Josephson diode effect without spin-orbit coupling, which possesses the potential applications in the design of dissipationless electronic devices.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.29285 by Qiang Cheng, Qing-Feng Sun, Yu-Chen Zhuang.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1: (a) Schematic illustration of the 1D SC/HM/SC [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2: CPRs for different tilt angles with (a) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Fig.2. Additionally, the JDE efficiency is antisymmet [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3: (a)-(c) The JDE efficiency as a function of the tilt [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗

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