Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-07-09
Phys. Rev. B 81, 014407 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
11 pages, 8 figures,accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.014407
We study the T = 0 magnetization of frustrated two-leg spin ladders with arbitrary value of the spin S. In the strong rung limit, we use degenerate perturbation theory to prove that frustration leads to magnetization plateaux at fractional values of the magnetization for all spins S, and to determine the critical ratios of parallel to diagonal inter-rung couplings for the appearance of these plateaux. These ratios depend both on the plateau and on the spin. To confirm these results, and to investigate the properties of these ladders away from the strong coupling limit, we have performed extensive density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) calculations for S <= 2. For large enough inter-rung couplings, all plateaux simply disappear, leading to a magnetization curve typical of integer-spin chains in a magnetic field. The intermediate region turns out to be surprisingly rich however, with, upon increasing the inter-rung couplings, the development of magnetization jumps and, in some cases, the appearance of one or more phase transitions inside a given plateau.
Coletta Tommaso
Manmana Salvatore R.
Michaud Frédéric
Mila Frédéric
Picon Jean-David
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