Phase diagram and topological order in the modulated $XYZ$ chain with magnetic fields

Abstract

The $XYZ$ antiferromagnetic spin-$1/2$ chain with alternation of the exchange and anisotropy couplings in the presence of uniform and staggered axial magnetic fields is studied. The analysis is done using the effective quadratic fermionic Hamiltonian resulting from the Hartee-Fock approximation. Combining the exact and the mean-field methods, the local and string order parameters on the ground-state phase diagram of the model are identified and calculated. We found a topological phase with oscillating string order with a period of four lattice spacings, not reported before for this model. A detailed analysis of patterns of the string order is given. The special $XXZ$ limit of the model with additional $U(1)$ symmetry brings about, in agreement with the Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem and its extensions, plateaux of magnetization and some additional conserving quantities. We have shown that in the $XYZ$ chain, where the plateaux are smeared, the robust oscillating string order parameter is continuously connected to its $XXZ$ limit. Also, the non-trivial winding number and zero-energy localized Majorana edge states, as additional attributes of topological order, are robust in that phase, even off the line of $U(1)$ symmetry.

arXiv comment18 pages, 11 figures. V.2: Several comments and refs added. Version to be published

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