scholarly journals Cavity-induced quantum spin liquids

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Chiocchetta ◽  
Dominik Kiese ◽  
Carl Philipp Zelle ◽  
Francesco Piazza ◽  
Sebastian Diehl

AbstractQuantum spin liquids provide paradigmatic examples of highly entangled quantum states of matter. Frustration is the key mechanism to favor spin liquids over more conventional magnetically ordered states. Here we propose to engineer frustration by exploiting the coupling of quantum magnets to the quantized light of an optical cavity. The interplay between the quantum fluctuations of the electro-magnetic field and the strongly correlated electrons results in a tunable long-range interaction between localized spins. This cavity-induced frustration robustly stabilizes spin liquid states, which occupy an extensive region in the phase diagram spanned by the range and strength of the tailored interaction. This occurs even in originally unfrustrated systems, as we showcase for the Heisenberg model on the square lattice.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Hart ◽  
Yuan Wan ◽  
Claudio Castelnovo

AbstractRealistic model Hamiltonians for quantum spin liquids frequently exhibit a large separation of energy scales between their elementary excitations. At intermediate, experimentally relevant temperatures, some excitations are sparse and hop coherently, whereas others are thermally incoherent and dense. Here, we study the interplay of two such species of quasiparticle, dubbed spinons and visons, which are subject to nontrivial mutual statistics – one of the hallmarks of quantum spin liquid behaviour. Our results for $${{\mathbb{Z}}}_{2}$$ Z 2 quantum spin liquids show an intriguing feedback mechanism, akin to the Nagaoka effect, whereby spinons become localised on temperature-dependent patches of expelled visons. This phenomenon has important consequences for the thermodynamic and transport properties of the system, as well as for its response to quenches in temperature. We argue that these effects can be measured in experiments and may provide viable avenues for obtaining signatures of quantum spin liquid behaviour.


2021 ◽  
pp. 2000126
Author(s):  
Cheng Peng ◽  
Yi‐Fan Jiang ◽  
Dong‐Ning Sheng ◽  
Hong‐Chen Jiang

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Cheng Wang ◽  
Zheng Yan ◽  
Chenjie Wang ◽  
Yang Qi ◽  
Zi Yang Meng

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilia Khait ◽  
P. Peter Stavropoulos ◽  
Hae-Young Kee ◽  
Yong Baek Kim

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucile Savary

AbstractThe search for truly quantum phases of matter is a center piece of modern research in condensed matter physics. Quantum spin liquids, which host large amounts of entanglement—an entirely quantum feature where one part of a system cannot be measured without modifying the rest—are exemplars of such phases. Here, we devise a realistic model which relies upon the well-known Haldane chain phase, i.e. the phase of spin-1 chains which host fractional excitations at their ends, akin to the hallmark excitations of quantum spin liquids. We tune our model to exactly soluble points, and find that the ground state realizes Haldane chains whose physical supports fluctuate, realizing both quantum spin liquid like and symmetry-protected topological phases. Crucially, this model is expected to describe actual materials, and we provide a detailed set of material-specific constraints which may be readily used for an experimental realization.


2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 845-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Fiete ◽  
Victor Chua ◽  
Mehdi Kargarian ◽  
Rex Lundgren ◽  
Andreas Rüegg ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Biao Huang ◽  
Wonjune Choi ◽  
Yong Baek Kim ◽  
Yuan-Ming Lu

Physics Today ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Imai ◽  
Young S. Lee

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