Published August 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Transport of charge and entropy in the normal state of an optimally doped cuprate at T=0 limit

Description

The Wiedemann-Franz (WF) law strictly relates the conduction of heat and charge in a Fermi liquid at T=0 limit. Its validity or violation in the normal state of high-Tc cuprates has become a subject of intense investigation. However, until present, the normal state of hole-doped cuprates at optimal doping level has not been explored due to the difficulties of measuring sub-Kelvin thermal conductivity at very high magnetic fields. We present the first verification of the WF law in an optimally doped cuprate. By measuring the low-temperature thermal and electric conductivities of Bi2Sr2CuO6+δ at 25 T, we found that within experimental resolution, the ground state of high-Tc cuprates at optimal doping level can not be distinguished from a Fermi liquid

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2004.03.119;
PII
S0921453404005234;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
408-410
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 703-704
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
International conference on materials and mechanisms of superconductivity and high temperature superconductors
Acronym
7. M2SRIO
Dates
25-30 May 2003
Place
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

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