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

Q Luo, J Zhao, X Wang - Chinese Physics Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Spontaneous dimerization, spin-nematic order, and deconfined quantum critical point in a spin-1 Kitaev chain with tunable single-ion anisotropy

Q Luo, S Hu, J Li, J Zhao, HY Kee, X Wang - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Kitaev-type spin chains have been demonstrated to be fertile playgrounds in which exotic
phases and unconventional phase transitions are ready to appear. In this work, we use the …

Topological phase transitions and thermal Hall effect in a noncollinear spin texture

K Chen, Q Luo, B Xi, HG Luo, J Zhao - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The noncollinear spin textures provide promising avenues to stabilize exotic magnetic
phases and excitations. They have attracted vast attention in the past decades due to their …

Effects of frustration on the spin dynamics of the zigzag honeycomb lattice

EM Wilson, JT Haraldsen - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
This investigation covers the effects of variable exchange interactions on the spin dynamics
of the zigzag honeycomb lattice. Using a Holstein-Primakoff expansion of the Heisenberg …

Ground state of the staggered Heisenberg-Γ honeycomb model in a magnetic field

M Ahmadi-Yazdi, MH Zare, H Mosadeq… - SciPost Physics Core, 2024 - scipost.org
We study the ground state properties of the S= 1/2 staggered Heisenberg-$\Gamma $
honeycomb model under a magnetic field based on analytical and numerical methods. Our …

Successive topological phase transitions in two distinct spin-flop phases on the honeycomb lattice

X Li, J Zhao, J Li, Q Luo - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.10439, 2024 - arxiv.org
The Kitaev magnets with bond-dependent interactions have garnered considerable attention
in recent years for their ability to harbor exotic phases and nontrivial excitations. The …

Understanding the magnetic interactions of the zig-zag honeycomb lattice: Application to -RuCl

EM Wilson, JT Haraldsen - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.17433, 2023 - arxiv.org
This investigation covers the effects of variable exchange interactions on the spin dynamics
of the zig-zag honeycomb lattice. Using a Holstein-Primakoff expansion of the Heisenberg …

Unveiling Non-Kitaev Interactions and Field-Angle Dependence in Topological Magnon Transport of -RuCl

H Mosadeq, MH Zare - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.02894, 2024 - arxiv.org
Honeycomb lattice Kitaev magnets exhibit exotic magnetic properties governed by the
Kitaev interaction. This study delves into $\alpha $-RuCl $ _3 $, a prototypical example …

Nematic chiral spin liquid in a Kitaev magnet under external magnetic field

SY Yu, H Li, QR Zhao, Y Gao, XY Dong, ZX Liu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The possible existence of a quantum spin liquid (QSL) phase, an exotic state of matter with
long-range quantum entanglement and fractionalized excitations, in $\alpha $-RuCl $ _3 …

Emergent Phenomena in Spin-Orbit Entangled Magnets: Multipolar Orders and Spin Liquids

A Rayyan - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The study of condensed matter physics has provided new phases of matter which exhibit
macroscopic quantum mechanical phenomena. While the microscopic degrees of freedom …