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Spin-polarized supercurrents and Josephson diode effect in altermagnets

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Pith's one-line read In a strongly spin-polarized altermagnet junction, a noncoplanar exchange-field profile gives rise to a Josephson diode effect, with charge diode efficiency above 30% and a perfect 100% spin diode efficiency.

desk verdict A competent extension of the group's quantum-geometric diode machinery to altermagnets, with specific testable predictions, but the headline efficiency rests on an unverified truncation and omitted S-matrix algebra. read the letter →

arxiv 2608.11906 v1 pith:TA7FEFPN submitted 2026-08-12 cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mes-hall

Janus F. Niebuhr , Matthias Eschrig , Danilo Nikolić This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords altermagnetismJosephsondiodeeffectspin-polarizedsupercurrentquantumgeometricphasenoncoplanarmagnetizationEilenbergerequationcurrent-phaserelationspinefficiency
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The reading

This paper argues that a Josephson diode effect — a supercurrent that flows more easily in one direction than the other — can arise in a junction of two superconductors linked by an altermagnet, a collinear magnet whose spin-split bands are compensated in total magnetization. The setup needs no spin-orbit coupling; the asymmetry comes from a noncoplanar arrangement of exchange fields at the two superconductor/altermagnet interfaces. Using quasiclassical Green's functions, the authors show that in the strongly spin-polarized regime the current–phase relation loses its inversion center, yielding a charge diode efficiency above 30% for the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orientation and a perfect 100% spin diode efficiency at particular parameters. In the weakly spin-polarized regime the junction instead shows the reciprocal $0$–$\pi$ Josephson effect with orientation-dependent harmonics. If correct, the result gives a material-based route to nonreciprocal superconducting transport and superconducting spin-current rectifiers.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing object is the quantum geometric phase difference $\Delta\varphi=\varphi_R-\varphi_L$, the relative azimuthal angle between the exchange-field vectors of the two spin-active interfacial layers around the altermagnet quantization axis. Noncoplanarity, $(\mathbf{J}_L\times\mathbf{J}_R)\cdot\mathbf{h}\neq 0$, makes $\Delta\varphi$ enter the spin-resolved Josephson current–phase relation like a second phase variable: a process transferring $\mu$ $\uparrow\uparrow$ pairs and $\nu$ $\downarrow\downarrow$ pairs acquires the effective phase $\psi_{\mu\nu}=(\mu+\nu)\Delta\chi-(\mu-\nu)\Delta\varphi$. For $\Delta\varphi=n\pi$ the profile is coplanar and inversion symmetry is restored, while for noncoplanar $\Delta\varphi$ the CPR has no inversion center. In the strongly spin-polarized regime the system is described by two decoupled spin-scalar Eilenberger equations with band-specific Fermi velocities and densities of states, and the diode effect is enhanced by the half-metallic Fermi-surface region of the altermagnet.

What would settle it

Solve the same superconductor/altermagnet/superconductor junction with a full two-band calculation that keeps the mixed-spin propagator, and compare the charge and spin diode efficiencies at $\Delta\varphi\approx 0.65\pi$ and $h_0=0.5E_F$; a substantial change in the asymmetry would show the strong-polarization truncation is the weak link. Alternatively, measure the critical currents of a clean junction with two ferromagnetic-insulator barriers while rotating one exchange field azimuthally and look for $\eta_{\mathrm{ch}}\approx 33.7\%$ with the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orientation.

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Core claim

For a strongly spin-polarized altermagnet, with exchange field comparable to the Fermi energy, Josephson transport is carried by equal-spin triplet pairs in two decoupled spin bands. When two spin-active interfaces have noncoplanar exchange-field vectors, the current–phase relation has no inversion center: $I(-\Delta\chi)\neq -I(\Delta\chi)$, so the positive and negative critical currents differ. For the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orientation at geometric phase $\Delta\varphi\approx 0.65\pi$ the charge diode efficiency reaches $\eta_{\mathrm{ch}}\approx 33.7\%$, and near $\Delta\varphi=n\pi$ the spin diode efficiency reaches $\eta_{\mathrm{sp}}=100\%$ for suitable altermagnet orientations. The effect is amplified by the half-metallic contribution to the supercurrent and vanishes for the $d_{xy}$ orientation.

Load-bearing premise

The argument assumes that in a strongly spin-polarized altermagnet the mixed-spin pairing correlations decay so quickly that they can be discarded, leaving only equal-spin correlations; if that length-scale separation fails, the two spin bands would hybridize and the diode efficiencies could change.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • A Josephson diode can be realized in an altermagnet-based junction without spin-orbit coupling by engineering two spin-active interfaces with a relative azimuthal twist.
  • Charge transport becomes nonreciprocal, with more than 30% diode efficiency for the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orientation, while the same junction acts as a near-perfect spin-current rectifier in other parameter regions.
  • In weakly spin-polarized altermagnets the junction remains reciprocal and undergoes $0$–$\pi$ transitions, so nonreciprocity is a signature of the strongly spin-polarized regime.
  • Rotating the altermagnet from $d_{x^2-y^2}$ toward $d_{xy}$ continuously weakens and finally switches off the diode effect, providing orientational control.
  • Two spin-active interfaces make all CPR harmonics long-ranged, whereas one spin-active and one non-spin-active interface admit only even harmonics.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If mixed-spin correlations decay only on lengths much longer than the Fermi wavelength, short junctions could show noticeably lower diode efficiencies than the quoted $33.7\%$.
  • The $100\%$ spin diode efficiency suggests a practical superconducting spin rectifier: a device that lets spin-up supercurrent pass preferentially in one direction and spin-down current in the opposite direction.
  • The same quantum-geometric mechanism is likely to transfer to other strongly spin-polarized magnets with anisotropic Fermi surfaces; the altermagnet's $d$-wave symmetry adds a clean orientational knob.
  • Because the paper states no fundamental upper bound on the charge efficiency, a wider parameter search around $h_0\sim 0.4E_F$ and intermediate temperatures may push $\eta_{\mathrm{ch}}$ beyond $33.7\%$.
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Summary. This manuscript develops a quasiclassical Green's-function theory for superconductor/altermagnet/superconductor (SC/AM/SC) Josephson junctions with spin-active interfaces, treating separately a weakly spin-polarized regime (exchange field much smaller than the Fermi energy) and a strongly spin-polarized regime (exchange field comparable to the Fermi energy). In the weak regime the authors find a normal Josephson effect with 0-pi transitions, with the d_{x^2-y^2} orientation behaving ferromagnet-like and the d_xy orientation antiferromagnet-like. In the strong regime, for coplanar interfacial exchange fields they find a normal Josephson effect with long-range higher harmonics, and for noncoplanar exchange fields they predict a Josephson diode effect with a charge diode efficiency up to eta_ch ~ 33.7% and a spin diode efficiency up to eta_sp = 100%. The technical framework combines Riccati parametrization of the Eilenberger equation, S-matrix boundary conditions, and Fermi-surface averaging over spin-split altermagnetic bands.

Significance. If the quantitative predictions hold, the paper shows a route to spin-polarized supercurrents and a Josephson diode effect in altermagnets without spin-orbit coupling, controlled by the azimuthal misalignment of two spin-active interfaces. The main strengths are the coherent analytical structure, the explicit treatment of two distinct spin-polarization regimes, the orientation-dependent Fermi-surface effects, and the absence of any fitting to experimental data. The paper also provides a transparent harmonic expansion in terms of coherent transport of equal-spin pairs, which is falsifiable. However, the central quantitative results rest on an approximation whose accuracy is not benchmarked and on S-matrix expressions that are not given, so the 33.7% and 100% efficiency values cannot currently be independently verified.

major comments (3)
  1. [Sec. V D and Sec. III B/C (Eqs. (43), (44))] The central quantitative claims, including eta_ch ≈ 33.7% and eta_sp = 100%, are computed from the equal-spin-only equation, Eq. (44), after dropping the mixed-spin equation, Eq. (43). The justification in Sec. V D is a bulk length-scale argument: mixed-spin correlations decay over the exchange coherence length ~ hbar v_F / h0, which for h0 ~ E_F is comparable to the Fermi wavelength. However, the S-matrix boundary condition in Eq. (33) contains off-diagonal spin-flip elements, and the iterative boundary-condition procedure scatters between spin channels at each interface. The bulk decay of the mixed-spin propagator does not by itself bound the mixed-spin amplitudes generated by repeated interface scattering and Andreev reflection over the finite junction length d = xi used in Figs. 4-6. Because the diode efficiencies are extracted from the critical currents, even a small mixed-spin admixture could shift the harmonic coefficients in Fig. 7 and thus eta_ch and eta_sp. The manuscript should either solve the coupled Eqs. (43) and (44) with the full spin-dependent boundary conditions for the same parameters, or provide a quantitative estimate showing that the interface-generated mixed-spin amplitudes are exponentially small at d = xi.
  2. [Sec. V A and Supporting Information Sec. I (Eq. (33))] The S-matrix in Eq. (33) is the key input to the boundary-condition iteration and therefore controls all numerical results in Sec. III, including the quoted diode efficiencies. Yet the main text states that the S-matrix expression is 'straightforward and lengthy' and refers to the Supplemental Material, while the Supporting Information says only that the final expressions are lengthy and 'obtained straightforwardly' without presenting them. Without explicit formulas for R_1, T_12, T_13, r_22, r_23, r_32, and r_33, or a documented and accessible code implementing them, the reader cannot reproduce Figs. 4-6 or check the half-metallic transmission criterion that is essential for the diode effect. This is not a presentation issue; it directly affects the verifiability of the paper's central quantitative claims.
  3. [Sec. III B, noncoplanarity condition and Sec. III C] The noncoplanarity condition is stated as h J_L J_R sin(alpha_L) sin(alpha_R) cos(varphi_R - varphi_L) != 0. With the parametrization J_i = J_i [sin(alpha_i) cos(varphi_i), sin(alpha_i) sin(varphi_i), cos(alpha_i)]^T and h = h e_z, the scalar triple product h . (J_L x J_R) is proportional to sin(varphi_R - varphi_L), not cos(varphi_R - varphi_L). The displayed condition as written implies that Delta_phi = pi/2 is coplanar, which contradicts the geometric definition. This is also inconsistent with the statement in Sec. III B that the JDE is absent for Delta_phi = n pi, and with the later claim in Sec. III C that the JDE vanishes for Delta_phi = k pi/2. The correct condition and the symmetry responsible for the vanishing of eta_ch at Delta_phi = pi/2 (if indeed it vanishes) should be stated explicitly, since the range of Delta_phi over which the diode effect exists is central to the paper's message.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Fig. 1 caption vs Supporting Information Fig. 1] The main-text Fig. 1 caption says the altermagnet is shown in the d_xy orientation with phi_0 = pi/4, but the Supporting Information Fig. 1 caption states 'd_{x^2-y^2} orientation (phi_0 = pi/4)' while the main text defines phi_0 = 0 as the d_{x^2-y^2} orientation. Please correct the inconsistency.
  2. [Abstract and Sec. IV] The abstract and Sec. III C quote the maximum charge diode efficiency as 'larger than 30%' and eta_ch ≈ 33.7%, while Sec. IV states eta_ch ≈ 32%. These numbers should be made consistent for the same parameter set.
  3. [Sec. V D] The text says the thermal coherence length for equal-spin triplets is ~ hbar v_F/(k_B T); the standard clean-limit length scale is hbar v_F/(2 pi k_B T), and the numerical factor should be checked.
  4. [Eqs. (26)-(28)] The harmonic expansion for I_sigma with coefficients I_mu,nu is stated to be suggested by numerical study; a brief derivation or a statement of the symmetry assumptions underlying I_{-mu,-nu} = I_mu,nu would help the reader assess the completeness of the expansion.

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No circular reduction: CPRs and diode efficiencies are computed outputs; self-citations are contextual, not load-bearing.

full rationale

The derivation chain is self-contained in the sense required by this pass. The CPRs and diode efficiencies are outputs of the stated model: the interface angles (α_i, φ_i), Δφ, thickness d, h0/EF, and T/Tc are inputs; I_ch(Δχ, Δφ) is computed from the strongly spin-polarized Eilenberger equation [Eq. (53)] with Riccati parametrization and S-matrix boundary conditions; η_ch and η_sp are read off the computed CPR via Eq. (23). No parameter is fitted to the predicted efficiencies, so the 'fitted input called prediction' pattern does not occur. The harmonic expansion in Eqs. (26)-(28) is introduced as a post hoc Fourier representation, numerically confirmed in Fig. 7, not as an input that forces the CPR. Self-citations (Refs. [50,71,72,103,104,125]) supply the ferromagnet formalism and the 'quantum geometric phase' vocabulary, but the altermagnet-specific quantities—the d-wave momentum dependence h(p_F, φ0), orientation dependence, Fermi-surface mismatch, and half-metallic channels—are evaluated in the present calculation, so there is no exhibited reduction of the central result to those prior papers. The main caveat is the stated truncation in Sec. V D, where Eq. (43) is dropped and only Eq. (44) is kept because mixed-spin correlations decay on the exchange length; this is a physical approximation with a length-scale argument, not a circularity. The paper itself flags the regime where the model is not quantitatively valid (green hatched area in Fig. 5(d)) and notes that conclusions remain qualitative for d ≫ ξ. If residual mixed-spin correlations were significant at d = ξ, the efficiencies could shift, but that is a correctness or robustness risk, not a circular-input risk. The absence of the S-matrix algebra and code from the text limits independent reproducibility but does not make the derivation circular.

Assumptions & free parameters 6 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

All model parameters are chosen or scanned, not fitted to data. The central claims rest on the domain assumptions listed above; no new particles, mediators, or conserved quantities are introduced. The 'quantum geometric phase' is an input angle taken from prior work, not a new degree of freedom invented here.

free parameters (6)
  • h0/EF (altermagnetic exchange field strength) = 0.25, 0.375, 0.5, 0.625, 0.75 in Fig. 5(c,d); h0/EF=0.5 in Fig. 4
    Model input scanned to show nonmonotonic diode efficiency; not fitted to data.
  • Interface barrier parameters V_i, J_i = V_i=0.2, J_i=0.1 (dimensionless BTK-like); J_L=0 or J_R=0 in the bilayer case
    Chosen for illustration; these spin-active scattering strengths control the equal-spin triplet generation and the CPR.
  • Quantum geometric phase Delta_phi = Scanned from 0 to 2 pi; maximum charge efficiency near 0.65 pi, spin efficiency near pi
    Central control parameter for noncoplanarity; it is an input angle, not a fitted constant.
  • Altermagnet orientation phi0 = 0 (dx2-y2), pi/8, pi/4 (dxy)
    Shown to control the diode effect through the half-metallic contribution; chosen for comparison.
  • Junction thickness d = d=xi (one superconducting coherence length)
    Set for most results; long-range second harmonic is discussed in this regime.
  • Temperature T/Tc = 0.1 in main figures; varied from 0 to 1 in Fig. 5(c)
    Model input scanned to show temperature dependence of the diode efficiency.
assumptions (6)
  • domain assumption BCS superconducting gap has a stepwise profile, with no inverse proximity effect at the SC/AM interfaces.
    Stated before solving the Eilenberger equation in Sec. II ('Assuming a stepwise gap profile (no inverse proximity effect)') and again in Sec. III for the Riccati solution; self-consistent proximity corrections are neglected.
  • domain assumption In the strongly spin-polarized regime, mixed-spin correlations decay on the Fermi-wavelength scale and can be neglected relative to equal-spin triplets on mesoscopic lengths.
    Sec. V D, paragraph leading to Eq. (53); justifies dropping Eq. (43) and decoupling the two spin bands.
  • domain assumption The system is a clean ballistic 2D film; no impurity or other scattering processes in the altermagnet, so Sigma_sigma=0.
    Sec. V opening and text below Eq. (55) ('Assuming no impurity or some other scattering processes, Sigma_sigma=0').
  • domain assumption The SC/AM interfaces are modeled by spin-dependent delta potentials and S-matrix boundary conditions.
    Eqs. (29)-(31) and boundary condition method from Ref. [113]; required for spin-active interfaces that create equal-spin triplets.
  • domain assumption The altermagnetic exchange field has the d-wave even-parity momentum dependence given in Eq. (30), with Fermi surfaces differing per spin band.
    Taken from altermagnetism literature Refs. [23,24,74]; the dxy versus dx2-y2 orientation dependence of the diode effect follows from this form.
  • domain assumption The effective Josephson phase for multiple equal-spin pair transfer is (mu+nu)Delta_chi - (mu-nu)Delta_phi, with Delta_phi the quantum geometric phase.
    Eq. (28), adopted from Refs. [71,72,103]; the noncoplanarity-induced diode effect relies on this coupling of Delta_phi to the CPR.

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abstract

We present a systematic theoretical study of the Josephson effect in junctions consisting of a d-wave altermagnet (AM) placed between two BCS superconductors (SC). In general, the SC/AM interfaces are spin-active and modeled by spin-dependent $\delta$ potentials, allowing for an arbitrary direction of the local exchange field vector. The model is formulated within the fully quantum (Gor'kov) and quasiclassical (Eilenberger) Green's function technique, applied to two distinct cases of (i) a weakly spin-polarized AM (exchange field much smaller compared to the Fermi energy) and (ii) a strongly spin-polarized AM (exchange field comparable to the Fermi energy). We apply our model to the SC/AM/SC geometry, accounting for the Josephson current-phase relation (CPR). In the weakly spin-polarized regime, the CPR displays the normal Josephson effect. Irrespective of the orientation of the altermagnet, the junction undergoes the $0-\pi$ transition. Depending on the orientation, the system displays the features similar to those of a ferromagnetic or an antiferromagnetic junction. To investigate the spin-polarized currents and nonreciprocal transport as the central results of the present work, we put the main focus on the strongly spin-polarized regime. Within this regime, we distinguish two cases. A coplanar exchange field profile across the junctions displays the normal Josephson effect; however, with a pure and stable long-range second harmonic in the CPR. In contrast, a noncoplanar exchange field profile gives rise to the so-called quantum geometric phases across the junction, leading to the absence of the phase-inversion center in the Josephson CPR. As a result, a Josephson diode effect emerges with a significant charge diode efficiency larger than 30% and a perfect spin diode efficiency of 100%.

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Figure 2. FIG. 2. The Josephson CPR in an SC/AM/SC junction for [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. The Josephson CPR in different altermagnetic junc [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png]
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Panel (a): The charge current [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. The spin diode efficiency [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Harmonic decomposition of the spin-resolved Joseph [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_7.png]
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