Quantum phase transitions in trimerized zig-zag spin ladders

Details Quantum phase transitions in trimerized zig-zag spin ladders Quantum phase transitions in trimerized zig-zag spin ladders

2006-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0612271v2

Phys. Rev. B 75, 174446 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

Numerical analysis improved, 4 figures added. Final version to appear in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.75.174446

We analyze the effects of a trimerized modulation in a quantum spin $S=\frac12$ zig-zag ladder at the magnetization plateau $M=1/3$. Such periodicity is argued to be stemmed from lattice deformations by phonons. The interplay between frustration and exchange modulation is well described by an effective triple sine-Gordon field theory close to the homogeneous ladder and by block-spin perturbation theory in the weakly coupled trimers regime. The characteristic triple degeneracy of the ground state for homogeneous ladders gives place to modulation driven quantum phase transitions, leading to a rich phase diagram including up-up-down, quantum plateau and gapless plateau states.

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