Large magnetothermal conductivity of HoMnO_3 single crystals and its relation to the magnetic-field induced transitions of magnetic structure

Abstract

We study the low-temperature heat transport of HoMnO_3 single crystals to probe the magnetic structures and their transitions induced by magnetic field. It is found that the low-T thermal conductivity (κ) shows very strong magnetic-field dependence, with the strongest suppression of nearly 90% and the biggest increase of 20 times of κcompared to its zero-field value. In particular, some ``dip"-like features show up in κ(H) isotherms for field along both the ab plane and the c axis. These behaviors are found to shed new light on the complex H-T phase diagram and the field-induced re-orientations of Mn^{3+} and Ho^{3+} spin structures. The results also demonstrate a significant spin-phonon coupling in this multiferroic compound.

5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

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