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Ai-Xia Zhang1, Wei Zhang1, Ya-Hui Qin1
1College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Abstract:
The two-leg magnetic ladder is the simplest and ideal model to reflect the coupling effects of lattice and magnetic field. It is of great significance to study some novel phases, topological characteristics, and chiral characteristics in condensed matter physics. In particular, the left-right leg degree of freedom can be regarded as a pseudospin, and the two-leg magnetic ladder also provides an ideal platform for the study of spin dynamics. Here the ground state, Bloch oscillations (BOs), and spin dynamics of the interacting two-leg magnetic ladder subject to an external linear force are studied by using variational approach and numerical simulation. In the absence of the external linear force, the critical condition of transition between the zero-momentum state and plane-wave state is obtained analytically, and the physical mechanism of the ground-state transition is revealed. When the external linear force presents, the occurrence of BOs excites the spin dynamics, and we reveal the chiral BOs and the accompanied spin dynamics of the system in different ground states. In particular, we further study the influence of periodically modulated linear force on BOs and spin dynamics. The frequencies of the linear force corresponding to the resonances and pseudoresonances are obtained analytically, which result in rich nonlinear dynamics. In resonances, stable and strong BOs (with larger amplitude) are observed. In pseudoresonances, because the pseudoresonance frequencies are related to the initial momentum and phase of the wave packet, a dispersion effect takes place and strong diffusion of wave packet occurs. When the frequency is nonresonant, drift and weak dispersion of wave packet occur simultaneously with the wave-packet oscillation. In all cases, the wave-packet dynamics is accompanied with periodic but anharmonic pseudospin oscillation. The BOs and spin dynamics are effectively controlled by periodically modulating the linear force.
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