Role of magnetic ions in the thermal Hall effect of the paramagnetic insulator TmVO$_{4}$

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Auteurs principaux: Vallipuram, Ashvini, Chen, Lu, Campillo, Emma, Mezidi, Manel, Grissonnanche, Gaël, Boulanger, Marie-Eve, Lefrançois, Étienne, Zic, Mark P., Li, Yuntian, Fisher, Ian R., Baglo, Jordan, Taillefer, Louis
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author Vallipuram, Ashvini
Chen, Lu
Campillo, Emma
Mezidi, Manel
Grissonnanche, Gaël
Boulanger, Marie-Eve
Lefrançois, Étienne
Zic, Mark P.
Li, Yuntian
Fisher, Ian R.
Baglo, Jordan
Taillefer, Louis
author_facet Vallipuram, Ashvini
Chen, Lu
Campillo, Emma
Mezidi, Manel
Grissonnanche, Gaël
Boulanger, Marie-Eve
Lefrançois, Étienne
Zic, Mark P.
Li, Yuntian
Fisher, Ian R.
Baglo, Jordan
Taillefer, Louis
contents In a growing number of materials, phonons have been found to generate a thermal Hall effect, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Inspired by previous studies that revealed the importance of Tb$^{3+}$ ions in generating the thermal Hall effect in a family of pyrochlores, we investigated the role of Tm$^{3+}$ ions in TmVO$_{4}$, a paramagnetic insulator with a different crystal structure. We observe a negative thermal Hall conductivity in TmVO$_{4}$ with a magnitude such that the Hall angle, $|κ_{xy}$/$κ_{xx}|$, is approximately 1 x 10$^{-3}$ at $H$ = 15 T and $T$ = 20 K, typical for a phonon-generated thermal Hall effect. In contrast to the negligible $κ_{xy}$ found in the nonmagnetic pyrochlore analog (where the Tb$^{3+}$ ions are replaced with Y$^{3+}$), we observe a negative $κ_{xy}$ in YVO$_{4}$ with a Hall angle of magnitude comparable to that of TmVO$_{4}$. This shows that the Tm$^{3+}$ ions are not essential for the thermal Hall effect in this family of materials. Interestingly, at an intermediate Y concentration of $x$ = 0.3 in Tm$_{1-x}$Y$_{x}$VO$_{4}$, $κ_{xy}$ was found to have a positive sign, pointing to the importance of impurities in the thermal Hall effect of phonons.
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spellingShingle Role of magnetic ions in the thermal Hall effect of the paramagnetic insulator TmVO$_{4}$
Vallipuram, Ashvini
Chen, Lu
Campillo, Emma
Mezidi, Manel
Grissonnanche, Gaël
Boulanger, Marie-Eve
Lefrançois, Étienne
Zic, Mark P.
Li, Yuntian
Fisher, Ian R.
Baglo, Jordan
Taillefer, Louis
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
In a growing number of materials, phonons have been found to generate a thermal Hall effect, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Inspired by previous studies that revealed the importance of Tb$^{3+}$ ions in generating the thermal Hall effect in a family of pyrochlores, we investigated the role of Tm$^{3+}$ ions in TmVO$_{4}$, a paramagnetic insulator with a different crystal structure. We observe a negative thermal Hall conductivity in TmVO$_{4}$ with a magnitude such that the Hall angle, $|κ_{xy}$/$κ_{xx}|$, is approximately 1 x 10$^{-3}$ at $H$ = 15 T and $T$ = 20 K, typical for a phonon-generated thermal Hall effect. In contrast to the negligible $κ_{xy}$ found in the nonmagnetic pyrochlore analog (where the Tb$^{3+}$ ions are replaced with Y$^{3+}$), we observe a negative $κ_{xy}$ in YVO$_{4}$ with a Hall angle of magnitude comparable to that of TmVO$_{4}$. This shows that the Tm$^{3+}$ ions are not essential for the thermal Hall effect in this family of materials. Interestingly, at an intermediate Y concentration of $x$ = 0.3 in Tm$_{1-x}$Y$_{x}$VO$_{4}$, $κ_{xy}$ was found to have a positive sign, pointing to the importance of impurities in the thermal Hall effect of phonons.
title Role of magnetic ions in the thermal Hall effect of the paramagnetic insulator TmVO$_{4}$
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.10643