Low Temperature Physics
Quantum features of two types of Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya coupling in antiferromagnetic spin chain
Andrei A. Zvyagin
Abstract
A 1D spin quantum system (S= 1/2) with the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction is studied. It is shown that this type of coupling in the antiferromagnetic chain with an odd structure with respect to the main axis accounts for a staggered magnetic ordering in the ground state. For an even structure the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction causes a helicoidal spin structure only. Correlation functions are calculated under different conditions.