Impurity-induced phonon thermal Hall effect in the antiferromagnetic phase of Sr2IrO4

Abstract

A thermal Hall effect is observed in an increasing number of insulators often attributed to phonons, but the underlying mechanism is in most cases unknown. A coupling of phonons to spins has been invoked and scattering of phonons by impurities or defects has been proposed, but there is no systematic evidence to support either scenario. Here we present a study on the effect of adding Rh impurities to the antiferromagnetic insulator Sr2IrO4, substituting for the spin-carrying Ir atoms. We find that adding small concentrations of Rh impurities increases the thermal Hall conductivity dramatically, but adding enough Rh to suppress the magnetic order eventually decreases the thermal Hall conductivity until it nearly vanishes. We conclude that the thermal Hall effect in this material is caused by the scattering of phonons by impurities embedded within a magnetic environment.

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