Rollano, V.Muñoz Noval, ÁlvaroGómez, A.Valdés Bango, F.Martín, J.I.Vélez, M.Osorio, M. R.Granados, D.González Herrera, Elvira MaríaVicent López, José Luis2023-06-172023-06-172019-06-140957-448410.1088/1361-6528/ab0923https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13328©2019 IOP Publishing We thank support from Spanish MINECO grants FIS201676058 (AEI/FEDER, UE), Spanish CM grant S2013/MIT2850. IMDEA Nanociencia acknowledges support from the 'Severo Ochoa' Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D (MINECO, Grant SEV-2016-0686). DG acknowledges RYC-2012-09864, S2013/MIT-3007 and ESP2015-65597-C4-3-R for financial support and AG acknowledges financial support from Spanish MINECO Grant ESP2015-65597-C4-1-R.We have designed, fabricated and tested a robust superconducting ratchet device based on topologically frustrated spin ice nanomagnets. The device is made of a magnetic Co honeycomb array embedded in a superconducting Nb film. This device is based on three simple mechanisms: (i) the topology of the Co honeycomb array frustrates in-plane magnetic configurations in the array yielding a distribution of magnetic charges which can be ordered or disordered with in-plane magnetic fields, following spin ice rules; (ii) the local vertex magnetization, which consists of a magnetic half vortex with two charged magnetic Neel walls; (iii) the interaction between superconducting vortices and the asymmetric potentials provided by the Neel walls. The combination of these elements leads to a superconducting ratchet effect. Thus, superconducting vortices driven by alternating forces and moving on magnetic half vortices generate a unidirectional net vortex flow. This ratchet effect is independent of the distribution of magnetic charges in the array.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab0923https://iopscience.iop.orgopen access538.9MotionMemoryStateFísica de materialesFísica del estado sólido2211 Física del Estado Sólido