Abstract
The Wiedemann-Franz (WF) ratio compares the thermal and electrical conductivities in a metal. We describe a new way to determine its value, based on the thermal Hall conductivity. The technique is applied to copper and to untwinned YBaCuO. In the latter, we uncover a T-linear dependence and suppression of the Hall-channel WF ratio. We discuss the implications of this suppression. The general suppression of the WF ratio in systems with predominant electron-electron scattering is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2219-2222 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy