凝聚态物理学的新篇章——超越朗道范式的拓扑量子物态

在凝聚态物理学发展历程中,朗道—金兹堡相变理论奠定了人们对物质形态和有序相及其相变的认识基础,在结合了威尔逊重正化群理论后,形成了朗道—金兹堡—威尔逊范式,并成为整个现代物理学宏伟大厦的重要基石。然而,在复杂电子多体系统的实验研究中,以量子霍尔效应、分数量子霍尔效应和铜氧化物高温超导体的实验发现为代表,涌现了众多超越朗道—金兹堡—威尔逊范式的新奇量子物态,掀开了凝聚态物理学的新篇章。文章从量子霍尔效应出发,介绍了二维电子体系中的几种典型拓扑量子物态。之后,重点介绍二维强关联电子多体系统中的内禀拓扑有序态。围绕Kitaev提出的二维Toric Code量子自旋模型,详细论证了该模型的基态为具有Z2内禀拓扑序的量子自旋液体,讨论了其基态的拓扑简并、低能任意子激发,以及相关的拓扑量子相变。同时,简要介绍了内禀拓扑有序态的最新研究进展和可能的未来发展方向。     

基于张量网络算法的自旋梯子系统的弦序参量的研究

通过基于矩阵乘积态(MPS)的强关联电子量子自旋梯子格点系统的张量网络(TN)算法,摸索研究自旋梯子量子多体系统的弦序参量,探测系统的量子相变点,刻画系统的量子临界现象,获取系统的量子相图,这为我们提供了一个研究自旋梯子系统的量子多体物理性质强有力的工具和方法:在不知道系统是否缺乏Landau对称性破缺序或者系统是否存在相关的拓扑弦序的情况下,可以先得到系统的基态波函数,如果基态缺乏Landau对称性破缺序,或可以通过其它方式找出系统存在若干非局域的弦序参量,来完整地描述一些拓扑量子相变点,获得系统的量子相图,从而丰富和发展了传统的Landau对称性破缺的相变理论.     

基于张量网络算法的自旋梯子系统的弦序参量的研究

通过基于矩阵乘积态(MPS)的强关联电子量子自旋梯子格点系统的张量网络(TN)算法,摸索研究自旋梯子量子多体系统的弦序参量,探测系统的量子相变点,刻画系统的量子临界现象,获取系统的量子相图,这为我们提供了一个研究自旋梯子系统的量子多体物理性质强有力的工具和方法:在不知道系统是否缺乏Landau对称性破缺序或者系统是否存在相关的拓扑弦序的情况下,可以先得到系统的基态波函数,如果基态缺乏Landau对称性破缺序,或可以通过其它方式找出系统存在若干非局域的弦序参量,来完整地描述一些拓扑量子相变点,获得系统的量子相图,从而丰富和发展了传统的Landau对称性破缺的相变理论.     

基于张量网络算法的自旋梯子系统的弦序参量的研究

通过基于矩阵乘积态(MPS)的强关联电子量子自旋梯子格点系统的张量网络(TN)算法,摸索研究自旋梯子量子多体系统的弦序参量,探测系统的量子相变点,刻画系统的量子临界现象,获取系统的量子相图,这为我们提供了一个研究自旋梯子系统的量子多体物理性质强有力的工具和方法:在不知道系统是否缺乏Landau对称性破缺序或者系统是否存在相关的拓扑弦序的情况下,可以先得到系统的基态波函数,如果基态缺乏Landau对称性破缺序,或可以通过其它方式找出系统存在若干非局域的弦序参量,来完整地描述一些拓扑量子相变点,获得系统的量子相图,从而丰富和发展了传统的Landau对称性破缺的相变理论.     

Ising自旋体系的非平衡动态相变

在平均场理论架构下, 以含时金兹堡-朗道和Glauber动力学这两类动态模型为基础，研究 了受外场和温度共同驱动的Ising自旋体系的非平衡动态相变.确定了界定动态无序(动态顺 磁相P)和动态有序(动态铁磁相F)转变的动态相界.并根据动态序参量Q和Binder参数U随系统 温度t(r₀)、驱动外场频率ω和振幅h₀的变化规律，就上述两类模 型的动态相界上是否存在区分连续动态转变和非连续动态转变的三临界点这一引发争议的问 题做出了进一步分析说明. 关键词： Ising自旋体系 非平衡动态相变 含时金兹堡-朗道模型 Glauber 动力学模型     

含有Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya相互作用的自旋1键交替海森伯模型的量子相变和拓扑序标度

利用张量网络表示的无限矩阵乘积态算法研究了含有Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM)相互作用的键交替海森伯模型的量子相变和临界标度行为.基于矩阵乘积态的基态波函数计算了系统的量子纠缠熵及非局域拓扑序.数据表明,随着键交替强度变化,系统从拓扑有序的Haldane相转变为局域有序的二聚化相.同时DM相互作用抑制了系统的二聚化,并最终打破系统的完全二聚化.另外,通过对相变点附近二聚化序的一阶导数和长程弦序的数值拟合,分别得到了此模型相变的特征临界指数a和b的值.结果表明,随着DM相互作用强度的增强, a逐渐减小,同时b逐渐增大. DM相互作用强度影响着此模型的临界行为.针对此模型的临界性质的研究,揭示了量子自旋相互作用的彼此竞争机制,对今后研究含有DM相互作用的自旋多体系统中拓扑量子相变临界行为提供一定的借鉴与参考.     

一维自旋1键交替XXZ链中的量子纠缠和临界指数

利用基于张量网络表示的矩阵乘积态算法以及无限虚时间演化块抽取方法,本文研究了一维无限格点自旋1的键交替反铁磁XXZ海森伯模型中的量子相变.分别计算了系统的von Neumann熵、单位格点保真度和序参量,从而得到了系统随键交替强度的变化从拓扑有序Néel相到局域有序二聚化相的量子相变点.我们用矩阵乘积态方法拟合出了相变的中心荷c?0.5,表明此相变属于二维经典的Ising普适类.另外,通过对拓扑Néel序的数值拟合,我们得到了相变点处的特征临界指数β′=0.236和γ′=0.838.     

应用保真度研究两腿XXZ梯子系统的量子相变

本文基于投影纠缠对态的自旋梯子系统的张量网络算法提供了一个有效的方法,来研究两腿自旋1/2的XXZ梯子量子系统的量子临界性,通过与单位格点基态保真度相结合,得到清晰的基态保真度三维图,来探测量子多体系统的量子相变,从而可以绘制出两腿自旋1/2XXZ梯子量子模型的基态相图,在相图中出现铁磁(FM)相、条纹铁磁(SF)相、Néel(N)相、条纹Néel(SN)相、Rung singlet(RS)相、Haldane(H)相、Rung triplet(RT)相、临界XY相(XY1相和XY2相)。在不知道系统是否存在局域序参量或非局域序参量的情况下,可以通过系统的基态波函数,在对称性破缺相中由约化密度矩阵得到局域序参量;或者在对称性相中,找出系统存在的非局域序参量,来完整地描述系统的量子相变和量子临界现象。     

两腿XXZ自旋梯子模型的量子相变与量子临界现象

对于无限大尺寸两腿自旋1/2的XXZ自旋梯子模型,通过运用基于随机行走的张量网络(TN)算法数值模拟出基态波函数,首次尝试研究自旋梯子模型的约化保真度、普适序参量、纠缠熵等物理观测量,并系统研究基态保真度的三维挤点与二维分叉、约化保真度的分叉、局域序参量、普适序参量、纠缠熵和量子相变之间存在的关联关系.基于张量网络表示的算法在任意随机选择初始状态时,可以得到两腿XXZ量子自旋梯子系统简并的对称破缺基态波函数,该基态波函数是由于Z2对称破缺引起的.本文期望所提供的方法可为进一步研究凝聚态物质中热力学极限下的强关联电子量子晶格自旋梯子系统的量子相变和量子临界现象提供一种更有效的强大的工具.     

重费米子材料与物理

作为典型的强关联电子体系,重费米子材料表现出丰富的量子基态,如反铁磁序、铁磁序、非常规超导、非费米液体、自旋液体、轨道序和拓扑态等.相比其他强关联电子体系,重费米子体系的特征能量尺度低,可以通过压力、磁场或掺杂等参量对不同量子态进行连续调控,因而是研究量子相变、超导及其相互作用的理想体系.本文简要介绍重费米子研究的发展历史和国内外研究现状,概述几类典型的重费米子材料,并简单阐述重费米子超导、量子相变和强关联拓扑态等前沿科学问题.     

Topological characterization of quantum phase transitions in a spin-1/2 model

We have introduced a novel Majorana representation of S=1/2 spins using the Jordan-Wigner transformation and have shown that a generalized spin model of Kitaev defined on a brick-wall lattice is equivalent to a model of noninteracting Majorana fermions with Z2 gauge fields without redundant degrees of freedom. The quantum phase transitions of the system at zero temperature are found to be of topological type and can be characterized by nonlocal string order parameters (SOP). In appropriate dual representations, these SOP become local order parameters and the basic concept of Landau theory of continuous phase transition can be applied.     

一维扩展量子罗盘模型的拓扑序和量子相变

应用矩阵乘积态表示的无限虚时间演化块算法,研究了扩展的量子罗盘模型.为了深入研究该模型的长程拓扑序和量子相变,基于奇数键和偶数键,引入了奇数弦关联和偶数弦关联,计算了保真度、奇数弦关联、偶数弦关联、奇数弦关联饱和性与序参量.弦关联表现出三种截然不同的行为:衰减为零、单调饱和与振荡饱和.基于弦关联的以上特征,给出了量子罗盘模型的基态序参量相图.在临界区,局域磁化强度和单调奇弦序参量的临界指数β=1/8表明:相变的普适类是Ising类型.此外,保真度探测到的相变点、连续性与非连续性和序参量的结果一致.     

Chemical memory erasure; a photochemical model

In this paper we propose an exactly solvable model of a topological insulator defined on a spin- \(\tfrac{1}{2}\) square decorated lattice. Itinerant fermions defined in the framework of the Haldane model interact via the Kitaev interaction with spin- \(\tfrac{1}{2}\) Kitaev sublattice. The presented model, whose ground state is a non-trivial topological phase, is solved exactly. We have found out that various phase transitions without gap closing at the topological phase transition point outline the separate states with different topological numbers. We provide a detailed analysis of the model’s ground-state phase diagram and demonstrate how quantum phase transitions between topological states arise. We have found that the states with both the same and different topological numbers are all separated by the quantum phase transition without gap closing. The transition between topological phases is accompanied by a rearrangement of the spin subsystem’s spectrum from band to flat-band states.     

Fractional quantum Hall effect of hard-core bosons in topological flat bands

Recent proposals of topological flat band models have provided a new route to realize the fractional quantum Hall effect without Landau levels. We study hard-core bosons with short-range interactions in two representative topological flat band models, one of which is the well-known Haldane model (but with different parameters). We demonstrate that fractional quantum Hall states emerge with signatures of an even number of quasidegenerate ground states on a torus and a robust spectrum gap separating these states from the higher energy spectrum. We also establish quantum phase diagrams for the filling factor 1/2 and illustrate quantum phase transitions to other competing symmetry-breaking phases.     

Thermal Hall conductivity with sign change in the Heisenberg–Kitaev kagome magnet

The Heisenberg-Kitaev(HK) model on various lattices has attracted a lot of attention because it may lead to exotic states such as quantum spin liquid and topological orders.The rare-earth-based kagome lattice(KL) compounds Mg₂RE₃Sb₃O₁₄(RE=Gd,Er) and(RE=Nd) have q=0,120° order and canted ferromagnetic(CFM) order,respectively.Interestingly,the HK model on the KL has the same ground state long-range orders.In the theoretical phase diagram,the CFM phase re...     

Effect of Floquet engineering on the p-wave superconductor with second-neighbor couplings

The influence of the Floquet engineering on a particular one-dimensional p-wave superconductor, Kitaev model, with second-neighbor couplings is investigated in this paper. The effective Hamiltonians in the rotated reference frames have been obtained, and the convergent regions of the approximated Hamiltonian as well as the topological phase diagrams have been analyzed and discussed. We show that by modulating the external driving field amplitude, frequency as well as the second-neighbor hopping amplitude, the rich phase diagrams and transitions between different topological phases can be obtained.     

Expanding the thermodynamical potential and analysis of the possible phase diagram of deconfinement in the FL model

Deconfinement phase transition is studied in the FL model at finite temperature and chemical potential. At MFT approximation, phase transition can only be first order in the whole μ-T phase plane. Using a Landau expansion, we further study the phase transition order and the possible phase diagram of deconfinement. We discuss the possibilities of second order phase transitions in the FL model. From our analysis, if the cubic term in the Landau expansion could be cancelled by the higher order fluctuations, second order phase transition may occur. By an ansatz of the Landau parameters, we obtain a possible phase diagram with both the first and second order phase transitions, including the tri-critical point which is similar to that of the chiral phase transition.     

Realizing Majorana fermion modes in the Kitaev model

We study the possibility to realize a Majorana zero mode that is robust and may be easily manipulated for braiding in quantum computing in the ground state of the Kitaev model in this work. To achieve this we first apply a uniform [111] magnetic field to the gapless Kitaev model and turn the Kitaev model to an effective p+ip topological superconductor of spinons. We then study possible vortex binding in such system to a topologically trivial spot in the ground state. We consider two cases in the system: one is a vacancy and the other is a fully polarized spin. We show that in both cases, the system binds a vortex with the defect and a robust Majorana zero mode in the ground state at a weak uniform [111] magnetic field. The distribution and asymptotic behavior of these Majorana zero modes are studied. The Majorana zero modes in both cases decay exponentially in space, and are robust against local perturbations and other Majorana zero modes far away, which makes them promising candidates for braiding in topological quantum computing.