Interplay of Kitaev Interaction and Off-diagonal Exchanges: Exotic Phases and Quantum Phase Diagrams

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Autori principali: Luo, Qiang, Zhao, Jize, Wang, Xiaoqun
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author Luo, Qiang
Zhao, Jize
Wang, Xiaoqun
author_facet Luo, Qiang
Zhao, Jize
Wang, Xiaoqun
contents Aligning with the everlasting search for quantum spin liquids (QSLs), identifying the QSL in Kitaev magnets has garnered great research interest during the past decade and remains nevertheless an enormous challenge. One of the major difficulties lies in that Kitaev QSL is typically fragile against competing interactions like off-diagonal exchanges, which are ubiquitous in real materials due to spin-orbit coupling and crystal-field effect. This, in turn, gives rise to many intriguing field-induced novel phases and thermal Hall effect. In this review, we will focus on the interplay of Kitaev interaction and off-diagonal $Γ$ and $Γ'$ exchanges from a numerical perspective. This review discusses some representative exotic phases such as $Γ$ spin liquid, nematic ferromagnet, spin-flop phase, and distinct chiral-spin states with spontaneously time-reversal symmetry breaking. It also presents quantum phase diagrams of anisotropic Kitaev-$Γ$ chains that exhibit kaleidoscopes of both ordered and disordered phases.
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spellingShingle Interplay of Kitaev Interaction and Off-diagonal Exchanges: Exotic Phases and Quantum Phase Diagrams
Luo, Qiang
Zhao, Jize
Wang, Xiaoqun
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Aligning with the everlasting search for quantum spin liquids (QSLs), identifying the QSL in Kitaev magnets has garnered great research interest during the past decade and remains nevertheless an enormous challenge. One of the major difficulties lies in that Kitaev QSL is typically fragile against competing interactions like off-diagonal exchanges, which are ubiquitous in real materials due to spin-orbit coupling and crystal-field effect. This, in turn, gives rise to many intriguing field-induced novel phases and thermal Hall effect. In this review, we will focus on the interplay of Kitaev interaction and off-diagonal $Γ$ and $Γ'$ exchanges from a numerical perspective. This review discusses some representative exotic phases such as $Γ$ spin liquid, nematic ferromagnet, spin-flop phase, and distinct chiral-spin states with spontaneously time-reversal symmetry breaking. It also presents quantum phase diagrams of anisotropic Kitaev-$Γ$ chains that exhibit kaleidoscopes of both ordered and disordered phases.
title Interplay of Kitaev Interaction and Off-diagonal Exchanges: Exotic Phases and Quantum Phase Diagrams
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17476