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arXiv:1708.00848 · Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Entanglement properties of the two-dimensional SU(3) Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki state

Olivier Gauthé, Didier Poilblanc

Published Sep 25, 2017• 7 citations
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Abstract

Two-dimensional (spin-2) Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT) type valence bond solids on a square lattice are known to be symmetry-protected topological (SPT) gapped spin liquids [S. Takayoshi, P. Pujol, and A. Tanaka Phys. Rev. B 94, 235159 (2016)]. Using the projected entangled pair state framework, we extend the construction of the AKLT state to the case of $\text{SU}(3)$, relevant for cold atom systems. The entanglement spectrum is shown to be described by an alternating $\text{SU}(3)$ chain of ``quarks'' and ``antiquarks'', subject to exponentially decaying (with distance) Heisenberg interactions, in close similarity with its $\text{SU}(2)$ analog. We discuss the SPT feature of the state.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.96.121115

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Two-dimensional (spin-2) Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT) type valence bond solids on a square lattice are known to be symmetry-protected topological (SPT) gapped spin liquids [S. Takayoshi, P. Pujol, and A. Tanaka Phys. Rev. B 94, 235159 (2016)]. Using the projected entangled pair state framework, we extend the construction of the AKLT state to the case of SU(3)\text{SU}(3)SU(3), relevant for cold atom systems. The entanglement spectrum is shown to be described by an alternating SU(3)\text{SU}(3)SU(3) chain of quarks'' and antiquarks'', subject to exponentially decaying (with distance) Heisenberg interactions, in close similarity with its SU(2)\text{SU}(2)SU(2) analog. We discuss the SPT feature of the state.
We investigate the entanglement properties of the valence-bond-solid (VBS) state defined on two-dimensional lattices, which is the exact ground state of the Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki model. It is shown that the entanglement entropy obeys an area law and the nonuniversal prefactor of the leading term is strictly less than ln2\mathrm{ln}2ln2. The analysis of entanglement spectra for various lattices reveals that the reduced density matrix associated with the VBS state is closely related to a thermal density matrix of a holographic spin chain, the spectrum of which is reminiscent of that of the spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain. This correspondence is further supported by comparing the entanglement entropy in the holographic spin chain with conformal field theory predictions.
The two-dimensional Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT) model on a honeycomb lattice has been shown to be a universal resource for quantum computation. In this valence bond solid, however, the spin interactions involve higher powers of the Heisenberg coupling (S[over →](I)·S[over →](j))(n), making these states seemingly unrealistic on bipartite lattices, where one expects a simple antiferromagnetic order. We show that those interactions can be generated by orbital physics in multiorbital Mott insulators. We focus on t(2g) electrons on the honeycomb lattice and propose a physical realization of the spin-3/2 AKLT state. We find a phase transition from the AKLT to the Néel state on increasing Hund's rule coupling, which is confirmed by density matrix renormalization group simulations. An experimental signature of the AKLT state consists of protected, free S=1/2 spins on lattice vacancies, which may be detected in the spin susceptibility.
The Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT) Hamiltonian is a particular instance of a general class of model Hamiltonians defined in lattices with coordination zzz where each site hosts a spins S=z/2S=z/2S=z/2, interacting both with linear and nonlinear exchange couplings. In two dimensions, the AKLT model features a gap in the spectrum, and its ground state is a valence bond solid state; that is a universal resource for measurement based quantum computing, motivating the quest of physical systems that realize this Hamiltonian. Given a finite-size system described with a specific instance of this general class of models, we address the question of how to assess if such system is a realization of the AKLT model using inelastic tunnel spectroscopy implemented with scanning tunnel microscopy (IETS-STM). We propose two approaches. First, in the case of a dimer, we show how to leverage nonequilibrium IETS-STM to obtain the energies of all excited states, and determine thereby the magnitude of both linear and nonlinear exchange interactions. Second, we explore how IETS can probe the in-gap excitations associated with edge spins in a hexamer. In the AKLT limit, spins S=3/2S=3/2S=3/2 at the edge of the lattice have coordination 2, giving rise to S=1/2S=1/2S=1/2 dangling spins that can be probed with IETS. We propose a S=1/2S=1/2S=1/2 effective Hamiltonian to describe the interactions between these dangling spins in the neighborhood of the AKLT point, where their degeneracy lifted.
We report results on solving a long outstanding problem-whether the two-dimensional spin-3/2 antiferromagnetic valence-bond model of Affleck, Kennedy, Lieb, and Tasaki (AKLT) possesses a nonzero gap above its ground state. We exploit a relation between the anticommutator and sum of two projectors and apply it to ground-space projectors on regions of the honeycomb lattice. After analytically reducing the complexity of the resultant problem, we are able to use a standard Lanczos method to establish the existence of a nonzero gap. This approach is also successfully applied to spin-3/2 AKLT models on other degree-3 semiregular tilings, namely, the square-octagon, star, and cross lattices, where the complexity is low enough that exact diagonalization can be used instead. In addition, we close the previously open cases of hybrid AKLT models on the singly decorated honeycomb and singly decorated square lattices.
In the ground state of gapped systems, the entanglement entropy of a subsystem A scales with the length of the boundary of A. This observation suggests that the entanglement properties of the sub- system can be described in terms of degrees of freedom living in the boundary of A. We will discuss the the connection between en- tanglement properties and effective boundary descriptions in spin systems in one and two dimensions. In one dimension we present analytic results for the spin S = 1, Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki (AKLT) ground state entanglement, characterized by negativity and entanglement spectrum. We also discuss a generalization of the AKLT model, based on the quantum group Uq (sl(2)) for gen- eral integer spin S. In two dimensions, we study two spin systems whose ground state can be written in terms of tensor product states of bond dimension two, the AKLT model in the hexagonal lattice and the Ising projected entangled pair state (Ising PEPS) in the square lattice. We show how the reduced density matrix of a parti- tion is associated with a thermal state of a one dimensional model along the boundary of that partition. We also present arguments supporting this correspondence for arbitrary gapped systems. Fi- nally we discuss the behavior of this boundary theory when the original two dimensional model is tuned through a quantum phase transition,126 pages
We exploit a natural projected entangled-pair state (PEPS) representation for the resonating Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki loop (RAL) state. By taking advantage of PEPS-based analytical and numerical methods, we characterize the RAL states on various two-dimensional lattices. On square and honeycomb lattices, these states are critical since the dimer-dimer correlations decay as a power law. On the kagome lattice, the RAL state has exponentially decaying correlation functions, supporting the scenario of a gapped spin liquid. We provide further evidence that the RAL state on the kagome lattice is a Z2{\mathbb{Z}}_{2}Z2​ spin liquid, by identifying the four topological sectors and computing the topological entropy. Furthermore, we construct a one-parameter family of PEPS states interpolating between the RAL state and a short-range resonating valence bond state and find a critical point, consistent with the fact that the two states belong to two different phases. We also perform a variational study of the spin-1 kagome Heisenberg model using this one-parameter PEPS.