Efficiency-Tunable Field-Free Josephson Diode Effect in Nb 3 Cl 8 Based van der Waals Junctions

作者：Szu‐Yuan Wu, Zhihui Ren, Yang Liu, Maoyuan Wang, Xianpeng Zhang, Xiao-Yue Fan, Hao-Chen Zhang, Xiang Li, Gang Wang, Chong Wang, Chuan Li, Chuan Li, Zhiwei Wang, Cai-Zhen Li, Cai-Zhen Li, Zhi‐Min Liao, Yugui Yao · 发表于：Nano Letters · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c04336 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Iron-based superconductors research、2D Materials and Applications、Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

The magnetic field-free Josephson diode effect (JDE) offers a promising route toward nonreciprocal superconducting devices, yet its microscopic origin and effective control remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate a tunable field-free JDE in NbSe 2 /Nb 3 Cl 8 /NbSe 2 van der Waals (vdW) Josephson junctions. By reducing the Nb 3 Cl 8 barrier thickness from four-layer to monolayer, the diode efficiency is significantly enhanced from 1.75% to 20.88%. Moreover, the diode efficiency can be effectively modulated by an out-of-plane electric field, indicating the presence of intrinsic electric polarization in the junction. Both thickness variation and electric field tuning modify the polarization strength, thereby enabling broad control of the diode efficiency. These results uncover the crucial role of intrinsic electric polarization in realizing the field-free JDE and establish this effect as a sensitive probe of spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking in superconducting heterostructures.