Quantum spin pump on a finite antiferromagnetic chain through bulk states
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2008-11-18 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
We studied the possibility of the spin pump in a S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chain. The spin chain is mapped into a fermion system and bosonization is utilized to transform the equation of motion to a sine-Gordon equation. The sine-Gordon equation on a finite chain with different boundary conditions is solved. Among numerous solutions, the static soliton is compatible with the original physical system. By varying adiabatically a angle in the phase space composed of applied electric and magnetic fields, the spin states change between the Neel state and dimer state and a quantized spin is transported by the bulk state from one end of the system to the other.
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@article{arxiv.0809.2185,
title = {Quantum spin pump on a finite antiferromagnetic chain through bulk states},
author = {Nan-Hong Kuo and Sujit Sarkar and C. D. Hu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.2185},
year = {2008}
}
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26 pages and 12 figures