A quantum dipolar spin liquid

被引:81
作者
Yao, N. Y. [1 ,2 ]
Zaletel, M. P. [3 ,4 ]
Stamper-Kurn, D. M. [1 ]
Vishwanath, A. [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Microsoft Res, Stn Q, Santa Barbara, CA USA
[4] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[5] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
TOPOLOGICAL ORDER; POLAR-MOLECULES; GROUND-STATE; GAS;
D O I
10.1038/s41567-017-0030-7
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Quantum spin liquids are a class of magnetic ground states reliant on non-local entanglement. Motivated by recent advances in the control of ultracold polar molecules and the development of dipolar quantum materials, we show that dipolar interactions between S = 1/2 moments stabilize spin liquids on the triangular and kagome lattices. In the latter case, the moments spontaneously break time-reversal, forming a chiral spin liquid with robust edge modes and emergent semions. We propose a simple route toward synthesizing a dipolar Heisenberg antiferromagnet from lattice-trapped polar molecules using only a single pair of rotational states and a constant electric field.
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页码:405 / 410
页数:6
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