Quantum Phase Diagram of a Frustrated Spin-1/2 Ferro-Antiferromagnetic Normal Ladder.

Abstract

In this work, we consider a frustrated two-leg spin-1/2 ladder composed of Heisenberg ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 chains, and nearest spins from different legs interact via Heisenberg type rung exchange interactions that can be either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic in nature. The competing exchange interactions in the system lead to five different quantum phases like ferromagnetic, non-collinear ferrimagnetic (NCF), , antiferromagnetic and dimer phases. The quantum phase diagram is constructed for the Heisenberg spin-1/2 model and the phases are characterized using the correlation functions which are calculated by the density matrix renormalization group method. We also analyze the stability of phase and calculate the pitch angle in the NCF phase.