Suppression of Thermal Conductivity via Singlet-Dominated Scattering in TmFeO$_3$

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Hauptverfasser: McLanahan, M. L., Lederman, D., Ramirez, A. P.
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author McLanahan, M. L.
Lederman, D.
Ramirez, A. P.
author_facet McLanahan, M. L.
Lederman, D.
Ramirez, A. P.
contents We measured the thermal conductivity of the rare-earth orthoferrites, $R$FeO$_3$, where $R$ = Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb from 3 K to 300 K and see an anomalous strong suppression for TmFeO$_3$ over most of the temperature range. Using a Debye thermal transport model, we demonstrate that this suppression is due to resonant scattering between phonons and the Tm$^{3+}$ $4f$ singlet crystal field levels. The implications of these results are discussed in context of thermal conductivity studies in quantum magnets.
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spellingShingle Suppression of Thermal Conductivity via Singlet-Dominated Scattering in TmFeO$_3$
McLanahan, M. L.
Lederman, D.
Ramirez, A. P.
Materials Science
We measured the thermal conductivity of the rare-earth orthoferrites, $R$FeO$_3$, where $R$ = Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb from 3 K to 300 K and see an anomalous strong suppression for TmFeO$_3$ over most of the temperature range. Using a Debye thermal transport model, we demonstrate that this suppression is due to resonant scattering between phonons and the Tm$^{3+}$ $4f$ singlet crystal field levels. The implications of these results are discussed in context of thermal conductivity studies in quantum magnets.
title Suppression of Thermal Conductivity via Singlet-Dominated Scattering in TmFeO$_3$
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12608