中国物理B ›› 2021, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (10): 107505-107505.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac1b94

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Magnetic excitations of diagonally coupled checkerboards

Tingting Yan(颜婷婷)1, Shangjian Jin(金尚健)1, Zijian Xiong(熊梓健)1,3, Jun Li(李军)1,2,†, and Dao-Xin Yao(姚道新)1,‡   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    2 Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China;
    3 Department of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
  • 收稿日期:2021-07-12 修回日期:2021-07-30 接受日期:2021-08-07 出版日期:2021-09-17 发布日期:2021-09-30
  • 通讯作者: Jun Li, Dao-Xin Yao E-mail:ljcj007@ysu.edu.cn;yaodaox@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2018YFA0306001 and 2017YFA0206203), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11974432), GBABRF-2019A1515011337, and Leading Talent Program of Guangdong Special Projects.

Magnetic excitations of diagonally coupled checkerboards

Tingting Yan(颜婷婷)1, Shangjian Jin(金尚健)1, Zijian Xiong(熊梓健)1,3, Jun Li(李军)1,2,†, and Dao-Xin Yao(姚道新)1,‡   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    2 Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China;
    3 Department of Physics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
  • Received:2021-07-12 Revised:2021-07-30 Accepted:2021-08-07 Online:2021-09-17 Published:2021-09-30
  • Contact: Jun Li, Dao-Xin Yao E-mail:ljcj007@ysu.edu.cn;yaodaox@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2018YFA0306001 and 2017YFA0206203), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11974432), GBABRF-2019A1515011337, and Leading Talent Program of Guangdong Special Projects.

摘要: By using quantum Monte Carlo based stochastic analytic continuation (QMC-SAC) and spin wave theory, we study magnetic excitations of Heisenberg models with diagonally coupled checkerboard structures. We consider three kinds of checkerboard models (DC 2×2, DC 3×3, and CDC 3×3) consisting nearest-neighbor strong J1 and weak J2 antiferromagnetic interactions. When the coupling ratio g=J2/J1 approaches 1, all three diagonal checkerboards have the same long-range antiferromagnetic Néel order at T=0. When g decreases, the quantum fluctuation can drive DC 2×2 model to quantum paramagnetic state, while DC 3×3 and CDC 3×3 models still have the long-range Néel order. By calculating the magnetic excitations at different coupling ratios, we find that the low-energy part of magnetic excitations calculated by QMC-SAC can be well explained by the spin wave theory. However, the high-energy parts even deep in the long-range antiferromagnetic phase are beyond the spin wave description. Compared to the g=1 uniform square lattice, the high-energy excitations are more rich in our models. Our study may also draw the attention to the high-energy exctitaions beyond the spin wave theory.

关键词: magnetic excitation, Heisenberg model, quantum Monte Carlo, spin wave

Abstract: By using quantum Monte Carlo based stochastic analytic continuation (QMC-SAC) and spin wave theory, we study magnetic excitations of Heisenberg models with diagonally coupled checkerboard structures. We consider three kinds of checkerboard models (DC 2×2, DC 3×3, and CDC 3×3) consisting nearest-neighbor strong J1 and weak J2 antiferromagnetic interactions. When the coupling ratio g=J2/J1 approaches 1, all three diagonal checkerboards have the same long-range antiferromagnetic Néel order at T=0. When g decreases, the quantum fluctuation can drive DC 2×2 model to quantum paramagnetic state, while DC 3×3 and CDC 3×3 models still have the long-range Néel order. By calculating the magnetic excitations at different coupling ratios, we find that the low-energy part of magnetic excitations calculated by QMC-SAC can be well explained by the spin wave theory. However, the high-energy parts even deep in the long-range antiferromagnetic phase are beyond the spin wave description. Compared to the g=1 uniform square lattice, the high-energy excitations are more rich in our models. Our study may also draw the attention to the high-energy exctitaions beyond the spin wave theory.

Key words: magnetic excitation, Heisenberg model, quantum Monte Carlo, spin wave

中图分类号:  (Spin waves)

  • 75.30.Ds
75.40.Gb (Dynamic properties?) 76.50.+g (Ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and ferrimagnetic resonances; spin-wave resonance) 02.70.Uu (Applications of Monte Carlo methods)