Non-equilibrium Steady State in the Mott Insulator Ca2RuO4

概要

We have measured and analyzed the nonlinear conduction of the Mott insulator Ca2RuO4 with square wave and square-pulse currents around room temperature with an infrared camera as a contactless thermometer. By combining the thermal diffusivity measurements, we have found that the temperature increase due to self heating is explained by the conduction of the Joule heat through the sample to the heat bath. We further find a time scale of the nonlinear conduction to be 20 ms, which is consistent with thermal relaxation time of the sample. We propose that a steady dissipation of external energy flow characterizes the non-equilibrium steady state of Ca2RuO4, rather than a steady current flow.

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