Anyuan Gao, Shao-Wen Chen, Barun Ghosh, Jian-Xiang Qiu, Yu-Fei Liu, Yugo Onishi, Chaowei Hu, Tiema Qian, Damien Bérubé, Thao Dinh, Houchen Li, Christian Tzschaschel, Seunghyun Park, Tianye Huang, Shang-Wei Lien, Zhe Sun, Sheng-Chin Ho, Bahadur Singh, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, David C. Bell, Arun Bansil, Hsin Lin, Tay-Rong Chang, Amir Yacoby, Ni Ni, Liang Fu, Qiong Ma, Su-Yang Xu
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In a p–n junction, the separation of positive and negative charges leads to diode transport, in which charge flows in only one direction. Non-centrosymmetric polar conductors are intrinsic diodes that could be of use in the development of nonlinear applications. Such systems have recently been extended to non-centrosymmetric superconductors, and the superconducting diode effect has been observed. Here, we report an antiferromagnetic diode effect in a centrosymmetric crystal without directional charge separation. We observed large second-harmonic transport in a nonlinear electronic device enabled by the compensated antiferromagnetic state of even-layered MnBi2Te4. We show that this antiferromagnetic diode effect can be used to create in-plane field-effect transistors and microwave-energy-harvesting devices. We also show that electrical sum-frequency generation can be used as a tool to detect nonlinear responses in quantum materials. An antiferromagnetic diode effect was observed in a centrosymmetric crystal without directional charge separation. This effect could be used to create in-plane field-effect transistors and microwave-energy-harvesting devices.
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