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  "abstract": "The superconducting diode effect requires the forward and reverse bias currents to differ, a scenario achieved via inversion and time-reversal symmetries broken together. The latter, and the more crucial one, is inevitably achieved by a magnetic field. Here, we show that a spatio-temporally driven chemical potential of the form, $μ_j(t)=μ+V\\cos(ωt+\\kd j)$, achieves both at once. Applied to a helical Shiba chain, the drive transmutes a traveling Peierls phase via generating an odd-in-momentum term, equivalent to an imaginary next-nearest-neighbour Haldane-like hopping in real space. Remarkably, the protocol is spin-blind, which renders the time-reversal breaking via a synthetic gauge flux rather than an effective Zeeman field. The rectification is odd in the drive wavevector, with exact zeros at $\\kd=nπ$ and an analytical optimum at $\\kd=2π/3$. It is however, even in the exchange coupling, $J$ and persists even at $J=0$. Furthermore, the rectification scales inversely with the pair-breaking gap, yielding approximately $50\\%$ rectification in the topological phase and $10\\%$ in the trivial phase. Symmetry breaking is thus drive-controlled, allowing it to be switched on, tuned, and reversed without an external magnetic field.",
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      "name": "Latu Kalita"
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    {
      "name": "Koustav Roy"
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    {
      "name": "Bilal Tanatar"
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    {
      "name": "Saurabh Basu"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4c5dhwgsrjfh7.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2610.29865",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.29865",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-10-21",
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  "title": "From Traveling Waves to Synthetic Gauge Fields: A Field-Free Route to Superconducting Diode Effect",
  "title_text": "From Traveling Waves to Synthetic Gauge Fields: A Field-Free Route to Superconducting Diode Effect",
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  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:34:19Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4c5dhwgsrjfh7",
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