Abstract
A transient thermal imaging technique is used to monitor heat diffusion at the surface of the antiferromagnetic spin ladder material Ca9La5Cu24O41. This material shows highly anisotropic thermal conductivity due to a large uni-directional magnetic heat transport along the ladders. The thermal conductivity is measured using optical heating as well as electrical heating, yielding 37 +/- 3W m(-1) K-1 for the fast (ladder) direction and 2.5 +/- 0.5W m K-1 for the slow direction, respectively. The fast direction result is in agreement with the thermal conductivity measured using other dynamic methods, but about 60% lower than the thermal conductivity measured using steady state methods. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2531-2538 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 9-10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr-2012 |
Keywords
- Magnetic excitations
- Quantum spin systems
- Spin ladder
- Anisotropic heat diffusion
- Thermal imaging
- THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY
- SR14CU24O41
- INTERPLAY
- FLUORESCENCE
- MANAGEMENT
- RESOLUTION
- MAGNETISM
- SR2CUO3
- SRCUO2