High-resolution Measurements of Thermal Conductivity Matrix and Search for Thermal Hall Effect in La$_2$CuO$_4$

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Main Authors: Hu, Jiayi, Xu, Haozhi, Yao, Juntao, Gu, Genda, Li, Qiang, Ong, N. P.
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author Hu, Jiayi
Xu, Haozhi
Yao, Juntao
Gu, Genda
Li, Qiang
Ong, N. P.
author_facet Hu, Jiayi
Xu, Haozhi
Yao, Juntao
Gu, Genda
Li, Qiang
Ong, N. P.
contents We investigated the longitudinal thermal conductivity $κ_{xx}$ and thermal hall conductivity $κ_{xy}$ in La$_2$CuO$_4$ at temperatures $T$ between 2 and 20 K in magnetic fields $H$ up to 10 T. Within the temperature and field intervals studied, we do not resolve any thermal Hall signal with a conservative upper bound of $|κ_{xy}/T| <1\times10^{-4}$ ${\rm Wm^{-1}K^{-2}}$. The longitudinal thermal conductivity $κ_{xx}/T$ agrees well with previous studies, in both magnitude and $T$ dependence. In both channels, we performed measurements using the field-sweep protocol. To achieve high resolution, we carefully took into account relaxation effects after each step-increase in $H$. At low $T$, we find a linear decrease in $κ/T$ vs. $H$, as well as weak hysteresis near the meta-magnetic transition of the spin degrees.
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spellingShingle High-resolution Measurements of Thermal Conductivity Matrix and Search for Thermal Hall Effect in La$_2$CuO$_4$
Hu, Jiayi
Xu, Haozhi
Yao, Juntao
Gu, Genda
Li, Qiang
Ong, N. P.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We investigated the longitudinal thermal conductivity $κ_{xx}$ and thermal hall conductivity $κ_{xy}$ in La$_2$CuO$_4$ at temperatures $T$ between 2 and 20 K in magnetic fields $H$ up to 10 T. Within the temperature and field intervals studied, we do not resolve any thermal Hall signal with a conservative upper bound of $|κ_{xy}/T| <1\times10^{-4}$ ${\rm Wm^{-1}K^{-2}}$. The longitudinal thermal conductivity $κ_{xx}/T$ agrees well with previous studies, in both magnitude and $T$ dependence. In both channels, we performed measurements using the field-sweep protocol. To achieve high resolution, we carefully took into account relaxation effects after each step-increase in $H$. At low $T$, we find a linear decrease in $κ/T$ vs. $H$, as well as weak hysteresis near the meta-magnetic transition of the spin degrees.
title High-resolution Measurements of Thermal Conductivity Matrix and Search for Thermal Hall Effect in La$_2$CuO$_4$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21403