Topological nematic phase transition in Kitaev magnets under applied magnetic fields
We propose a scenario of realizing the toric code phase, which can be potentially utilized for fault-tolerant quantum computation, in candidate materials of Kitaev magnets. It is demonstrated that four-body interactions among Majorana fermions in the Kitaev spin liquid state, which are induced by ap...
Main Authors: | Masahiro O. Takahashi, Masahiko G. Yamada, Daichi Takikawa, Takeshi Mizushima, Satoshi Fujimoto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2021-06-01
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Series: | Physical Review Research |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023189 |
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