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Magnon Heat Transport in (Sr,La)_14Cu_24O_41
We have measured the thermal heat conductivity kappa of the compounds
Sr_14Cu_24O_41 and Ca_9La_5Cu_24O_41 containing doped and undoped spin ladders,
respectively. We find a huge anisotropy of both, the size and the temperature
dependence of kappa which we interpret in terms of a very large heat
conductivity due to the magnetic excitations of the one-dimensional spin
ladders. This magnon heat conductivity decreases with increasing hole doping of
the ladders. The magnon heat transport is analyzed theoretically using a simple
kinetic model. From this analysis we determine the spin gap and the temperature
dependent mean free path of the magnons which ranges by several thousand
angstroms at low temperature. The relevance of several scattering channels for
the magnon transport is discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Magnon-Hole Scattering and Charge Order in
The magnon thermal conductivity of the hole doped
spin ladders in has been investigated at low
doping levels . The analysis of reveals a strong
doping and temperature dependence of the magnon mean free path
which is a local probe for the interaction of magnons with
the doped holes in the ladders. In particular, this novel approach to studying
charge degrees of freedom via spin excitations shows that charge ordering of
the holes in the ladders leads to a freezing out of magnon-hole scattering
processes
Magnon Heat Conductivity and Mean Free Paths in Two-Leg Spin Ladders: A Model-Independent Determination
The magnon thermal conductivity of the spin ladders
in has been investigated at low doping levels
, 0.125, 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75. The Zn-impurities generate nonmagnetic
defects which define an upper limit for and therefore allow
a clear-cut relation between and to
be established independently of any model. Over a large temperature range we
observe a progressive suppression of with increasing
Zn-content and find in particular that with respect to pure is strongly suppressed even in
the case of tiny impurity densities where ~{\AA}.
This shows unambiguously that large ~{\AA} which
have been reported for and on basis of a kinetic model are in the correct order
of magnitude
Comment on "Frustrating interactions and broadened magnetic interactions in the edge-sharing CuO_2 chains in La_5 Ca_9 Cu_24 O_41"
Using Monte Carlo techniques, we show that the two--dimensional anisotropic
Heisenberg model reproducing nicely inelastic neutron scattering measurements
on La_5 Ca_9 Cu_24 O_41 (Matsuda et al. [Phys. Rev. B 68, 060406(R) (2003)])
seems to be insufficient to describe correctly measurements on thermodynamic
quantities like the magnetization or the susceptibility. Possible reasons for
the discrepancy are suggested.Comment: 3 pages, 2 EPS figures; part (ii) rewritten, some typos corrected;
final version that has been accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Optical spectroscopy of (La,Ca)14Cu24O41 spin ladders: comparison of experiment and theory
Transmission and reflectivity of La_x Ca_14-x Cu_24 O_41 two-leg spin-1/2
ladders were measured in the mid-infrared regime between 500 and 12000 1/cm.
This allows us to determine the optical conductivity sigma_1 directly and with
high sensitivity. Here we show data for x=4 and 5 with the electrical field
polarized parallel to the rungs (E||a) and to the legs (E||c). Three
characteristic peaks are identified as magnetic excitations by comparison with
two different theoretical calculations.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to SCES 200
Magnetisation of hole-doped CuO2 spin chains in Sr14-xCaxCu24O41
We report on magnetisation measurements of Sr14-xCaxCu24O41, with 0 <= x <=
12, in magnetic fields up to 16 T. The low temperature magnetic response of the
CuO2 spin chains changes strongly upon doping. For x = 0, the ground state with
nearly independent dimers is confirmed. Reduction of the number of holes in the
chains through Ca-doping leads to an additional contribution to the
magnetisation, which depends linearly on the magnetic field. Remarkably, the
slope of this linear contribution increases with the Ca content. We argue that
antiferromagnetic spin chains do not account for this behaviour but that the
hole dynamics might be involved.Comment: In v2, spelling of author names has been change
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