Crystalline phases and devil's staircase in qubit spin ice
arXiv:2305.08571 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043172
Abstract
Motivated by the recent realization of an artificial quantum spin ice in an array of superconducting qubits with tunable parameters [King {\it et al.}, Science 373, 576 (2021)], we scrutinize a quantum six vertex model on the square lattice that distinguishes type-I and type-II vertices. We map the zero-temperature phase diagram using numerical (exact diagonalization) and analytical (perturbation expansion, Gerschgorin theorem) methods. Following a symmetry classification, we identify three crystalline phases alongside a subextensive manifold of isolated configurations. Monte Carlo simulations at the multicritical Rokhsar-Kivelson point provide evidence for a quantum phase exhibiting a cascade of transitions with increasing flux. By comparing structure factors, we find evidence for the emergence of the fully flippable and plaquette phases in the artificial quantum spin ice.
arXiv comment29 pages, 29 figures, 4 tables. Fig. 23 and 24 are updated
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