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Supercurrents in a topological antiferromagnet

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The non-collinear spin structure and nontrivial Berry curvature of Mn3Ge give rise to a long-range supercurrent in superconductor–Mn3Ge–superconductor lateral Josephson junctions.

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Fig. 1: Realization of a long-range supercurrent with possible spin-triplet pairing in Mn3Ge.

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    Qiong Ma

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Xu, SY., Ma, Q. Supercurrents in a topological antiferromagnet. Nat. Mater. 20, 1306–1307 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01100-5

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