| Title: |
Low-temperature thermal conductivity of Dy_2Ti_2O_7 and Yb_2Ti_2O_7 single crystals |
| Authors: |
Li, S. J., Zhao, Z. Y., Fan, C., Tong, B., Zhang, F. B., Shi, J., Wu, J. C., Li, X. G., Zhou, H. D., Zhao, X., Sun, X. F. |
| Source: |
Phys. Rev. B 92, 094408 (2015) |
| Publication Year: |
2015 |
| Collection: |
Condensed Matter |
| Subject Terms: |
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| More Details: |
We study the low-temperature thermal conductivity (\kappa) of Dy_2Ti_2O_7 and Yb_2Ti_2O_7 single crystals in magnetic fields up to 14 T along the [111], [100] and [110] directions. The main experimental findings for Dy_2Ti_2O_7 are: (i) the low-T \kappa(H) isotherms exhibit not only the step-like decreases at the low-field (< 2 T) magnetic transitions but also obvious field dependencies in high fields (> 7 T); (ii) at T \le 0.5 K, the \kappa(H) curves show anisotropic irreversibility in low fields, that is, the \kappa(H) hysteresis locates at the first-order transition with H \parallel [100] and [110], while it locates between two successive transitions with H \parallel [111]; (iii) the \kappa in the hysteresis loops for H \parallel [100] and [110] show an extremely slow relaxation with the time constant of \sim 1000 min. The main experimental findings for Yb_2Ti_2O_7 are: (i) the zero-field \kappa(T) show a kink-like decrease at the first-order transition (\sim 200 mK) with decreasing temperature; (ii) the low-T \kappa(H) isotherms show a decrease in low field and a large enhancement in high fields; (iii) the low-T \kappa(H) curves show a sharp minimum at 0.5 T for H \parallel [110] and [111]. The roles of monopole excitations, field-induced transitions, spin fluctuations and magnetoelastic coupling are discussed.
Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B |
| Document Type: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevB.92.094408 |
| Access URL: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06481 |
| Accession Number: |
edsarx.1508.06481 |
| Database: |
arXiv |
