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磁场和三角畸变在蜂窝$Γ$模型中的相互作用:自旋翻转相的出现

Interplay of magnetic field and trigonal distortion in the honeycomb $Γ$ model: Occurrence of a spin-flop phase

Qiang Luo, Hae-Young Kee

摘要:

在候选Kitaev材料中,非对角$Γ$和$Γ'$相互作用分别来自自旋轨道耦合和三角畸变。由于它们与$α$ -RuCl $_3$中报道的场致磁无序态密切相关,因此产生了大量的研究工作。理论上,虽然已经提出了过多的场致相在蜂窝晶格中,一个稳定的中间相,可以生存在一个很宽的参数区域,无论底层的阶段仍然缺乏。在这里,我们专注于一个平面外的磁场和一个不允许的$Γ'$长期的相互作用,由于在占主导地位的反铁磁$Γ$区域的三角畸变。通过使用多方面的方法,从经典的蒙特卡罗和半经典自旋波理论的密度矩阵重整化群,我们确定了一个有趣的自旋翻转阶段的存在下,磁场和反铁磁$Γ'$相互作用,它最终进入一个完全极化状态。当$Γ'$相互作用接近$Γ$ 1的大小时,$Γ$ - $Γ'$模型映射到易轴XXZ反铁磁体,其中自旋翻转相可以理解为扩展的玻色-哈伯德模型中的超流相。因此,我们的研究结果表明,从蜂窝$Γ$模型的$U(1)$对称XXZ反铁磁体在磁场的激发路径。

英文摘要:

In candidate Kitaev materials, the off-diagonal $Γ$ and $Γ'$ interactions are identified to come from the spin-orbit coupling and trigonal distortion, respectively. They have generated intense research efforts because of their intimate relation to the field-induced magnetically disordered state reported in $α$-RuCl$_3$. Theoretically, while a plethora of field-induced phases has been proposed in the honeycomb lattice, a stable intermediate phase that can survive in a wide parameter region regardless of the underlying phases is still lacking. Here we focus on the interplay of an out-of-plane magnetic field and a symmetry-allowed $Γ'$ term due to trigonal distortion in the dominant antiferromagnetic $Γ$ region. By using multifaceted approaches ranging from classical Monte Carlo and semiclassical spin-wave theory to density-matrix renormalization group, we identify an intriguing spin-flop phase in the presence of magnetic field and antiferromagnetic $Γ'$ interaction, before it eventually enters into a fully polarized state. As the $Γ'$ interaction approaches the size of $Γ$ one, the $Γ$-$Γ'$ model maps to the easy-axis XXZ antiferromagnet, where the spin-flop phase can be understood as a superfluid phase in the extended Bose-Hubbard model. Our finding thus demonstrates an exciting path from the honeycomb $Γ$ model towards a $U(1)$-symmetric XXZ antiferromagnet in a magnetic field.

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