Frustrated Gd3+ Double Perovskites as High-Performance Magnetocaloric Materials for Sub-100 mK Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigeration

Tim Treu; Marvin Klinger; Christian Heil; Hans-Albrecht Krug von Nidda; Vinicius E. S. Frehse; Mamoun Hemmida; Anton Jesche; Alexander A. Tsirlin; Philipp Gegenwart

arXiv · 2609.36538

Frustrated Gd3+ Double Perovskites as High-Performance Magnetocaloric Materials for Sub-100 mK Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigeration

Tim Treu·Marvin Klinger·Christian Heil·Hans-Albrecht Krug von Nidda·Vinicius E. S. Frehse·Mamoun Hemmida·Anton Jesche·Alexander A. Tsirlin·Philipp Gegenwart

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Achieving temperatures below 100 mK is essential for advancing quantum technologies and exploring fundamental quantum phenomena. While paramagnetic salts have traditionally enabled adiabatic demagnetization refrigeration (ADR), their limitations have driven the search for more effective alternatives. In this work, we present Gd3+-based double perovskites, Ba2GdSbO6 and Sr2GdSbO6, as high-performance magnetocaloric materials. Starting ADR from 2 K and 5 T, these compounds reach 67 mK and 68 mK in small finite magnetic fields, and 83 mK and 78 mK in zero field, respectively, which are the lowest reported ADR temperatures for Gd3+ magnets (S = 7/2) under these conditions. The frustrated geometry and the complex interplay of exchange and dipolar interactions suppress their antiferromagnetic ordering temperatures to 100 and 166 mK for Ba2GdSbO6 and 190 mK for Sr2GdSbO6, while maintaining an outstanding entropy density of 189 mJ K-1 cm-3 and 201 mJ K-1 cm-3, respectively. Notably, Ba2GdSbO6 sustains sub-100 mK cooling even at finite fields of 0.5 T, making it particularly promising for practical ADR applications.

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Tim Treu, Marvin Klinger, Christian Heil, Hans-Albrecht Krug von Nidda, Vinicius E. S. Frehse, Mamoun Hemmida, Anton Jesche, Alexander A. Tsirlin, Philipp Gegenwart. 2026-09-29. Frustrated Gd3+ Double Perovskites as High-Performance Magnetocaloric Materials for Sub-100 mK Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigeration. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.36538

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