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arXiv:1001.4290 · Physical Review B

Interplay between symmetric exchange anisotropy, uniform Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, and magnetic fields in the phase diagram of quantum magnets and superconductors

Ion Garate, Ian K. Affleck

Published Apr 15, 2010• 53 citations
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Abstract

We theoretically study the joint influence of uniform Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interactions, symmetric exchange anisotropy (with its axis parallel to the DM vector), and arbitrarily oriented magnetic fields on one-dimensional spin $1∕2$ antiferromagnets. We show that the zero-temperature phase diagram contains three competing phases: (i) an antiferromagnet with Neel vector in the plane spanned by the DM vector and the magnetic field, (ii) a dimerized antiferromagnet with Neel vector perpendicular to both the DM vector and the magnetic field, and (iii) a gapless Luttinger liquid. Phase (i) is destroyed by a small magnetic field component along the DM vector and is furthermore unstable beyond a critical value of easy-plane anisotropy, which we estimate using Abelian and non-Abelian bosonization along with perturbative renormalization group. We propose a mathematical equivalent of the spin model in a one-dimensional Josephson junction array located in proximity to a bulk superconductor. We discuss the analogues of the magnetic phases in the superconducting context and comment on their experimental viability.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.81.144419

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