Phase transitions in the one-dimensional frustrated quantum XY model and Josephson-junction ladders

Details Phase transitions in the one-dimensional frustrated quantum XY model and Josephson-junction ladders Phase transitions in the one-dimensional frustrated quantum XY model and Josephson-junction ladders

1994-03-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9403035v1

J. Appl. Phys. 75, 6690 (1994)

Physics

Condensed Matter

13 pages, Revtex, J. Appl. Phys. (to appear), Inpe-las-004

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.356765

A one-dimensional quantum version of the frustrated XY (planar rotor) model is considered which can be physically realized as a ladder of Josephson-junctions at half a flux quantum per plaquette. This system undergoes a superconductor to insulator transition at zero temperature as a function of charging energy. The critical behavior is studied using a Monte Carlo transfer matrix applied to the path-integral representation of the model and a finite-size-scaling analysis of data on small system sizes. Depending on the ratio between the interchain and intrachain couplings the system can have single or double transitions which is consistent with the prediction that its critical behavior should be described by the two-dimensional classical XY-Ising model.

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