Topological quantum phase transitions of anisotropic AFM Kitaev model driven by magnetic field

Abstract

We investigate the quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground state of anisotropic Kitaev model with antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling under the $[001]$ magnetic field with the finite-temperature Lanczos method (FTLM). In this anisotropic AFM Kitaev model with $K_X=K_Y$, $K_X+K_Y+K_Z=-3K$, and $K_Z<-K$, with magnetic field increasing, the gapped QSL experiences a transition to a gapless QSL at $h_{c1}=g{\mu }_B{H}_{z1}/K$, to another gapless QSL with $C_6$ rotational symmetry at $h_{c2}$, and to a new $U(1)$ gapless QSL between $h_{c3}$ and $h_{c4}$, respectively. These indicate that magnetic field could first turn the anisotropic gapped or gapless QSL back into the isotropic $C_6$ gapless one and then make it to undergo the similar evolution as the isotropic case. Moreover, the critical magnetic fields $h_{c1}$, $h_{c2}$, $h_{c3}$, and $h_{c4}$ come up monotonically with the increasing Kitaev coupling; this suggests that the magnetic field can be applied to the modulation of the anisotropic Kitaev materials.

arXiv comment10 pages, 11 figures, add figures of the variation of Chern number with magnetic field

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