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Hauptverfasser: Mokhtari, Parisa, Stockert, Ulrike, Nikitin, Stanislav E., Vasylechko, Leonid, Brando, Manuel, Hassinger, Elena
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02514
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author Mokhtari, Parisa
Stockert, Ulrike
Nikitin, Stanislav E.
Vasylechko, Leonid
Brando, Manuel
Hassinger, Elena
author_facet Mokhtari, Parisa
Stockert, Ulrike
Nikitin, Stanislav E.
Vasylechko, Leonid
Brando, Manuel
Hassinger, Elena
contents We present thermal conductivity data on single crystals of YAlO3 and YbAlO3 for temperatures between 2 K and 300 K and the heat current along b and c. Both materials are very good thermal conductors in the investigated temperature range. The thermal conductivity in these electrical insulators is due to phonons. The effect of Y-Yb exchange is found to be rather small despite the considerable difference in density and average atomic mass. For YAlO3 we find a moderate thermal conductivity anisotropy with weak temperature dependence and a ratio of c to b direction between at most 1 and 2.2. It is discussed with regard to the velocities of sound and relevant scattering processes. For YbAlO3 the small crystal size limits the precision of absolute thermal conductivity values and does not allow drawing conclusions on the anisotropy. Our results on YAlO3 confirm that the material is suitable for applications requiring a good thermal conductivity at temperatures down to liquid helium, such as lasers, substrates, and detectors.
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spellingShingle Low-temperature thermal conductivity of the substrate material YAlO3 and its unconventional sister compound YbAlO3
Mokhtari, Parisa
Stockert, Ulrike
Nikitin, Stanislav E.
Vasylechko, Leonid
Brando, Manuel
Hassinger, Elena
Materials Science
We present thermal conductivity data on single crystals of YAlO3 and YbAlO3 for temperatures between 2 K and 300 K and the heat current along b and c. Both materials are very good thermal conductors in the investigated temperature range. The thermal conductivity in these electrical insulators is due to phonons. The effect of Y-Yb exchange is found to be rather small despite the considerable difference in density and average atomic mass. For YAlO3 we find a moderate thermal conductivity anisotropy with weak temperature dependence and a ratio of c to b direction between at most 1 and 2.2. It is discussed with regard to the velocities of sound and relevant scattering processes. For YbAlO3 the small crystal size limits the precision of absolute thermal conductivity values and does not allow drawing conclusions on the anisotropy. Our results on YAlO3 confirm that the material is suitable for applications requiring a good thermal conductivity at temperatures down to liquid helium, such as lasers, substrates, and detectors.
title Low-temperature thermal conductivity of the substrate material YAlO3 and its unconventional sister compound YbAlO3
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02514