Evidence for field-induced excitations in low-temperature thermal conductivity of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8

Abstract

The thermal conductivity ,$\kappa$, of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8 was studied as a function of magnetic field. Above 5 K, after an initial decrease, $\kappa (H)$ presents a kink followed by a plateau, as recently reported by Krishana et al.. By contrast, below 1K, the thermal conductivity was found to \emph{increase} with increasing field. This behavior is indicative of a finite density of states and is not compatible with the existence of a field-induced fully gapped $d_{x^2-y^2}+i{d}_{xy}$ state which was recently proposed to describe the plateau regime. Our low-temperature results are in agreement with recent works predicting a field-induced enhancement of thermal conductivity by Doppler shift of quasi-particle spectrum.

4 pages including 4 eps figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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