Superfluid transport in quantum spin chains

Silas Hoffman, Daniel Loss, and Yaroslav Tserkovnyak
Phys. Rev. B 107, 085403 – Published 2 February 2023

Abstract

Spin superfluids enable long-distance spin transport through classical ferromagnets by developing topologically stable magnetic textures. For small spins at low dimensions, however, the topological protection suffers from strong quantum fluctuations. We study the remanence of spin superfluidity inherited from the classical magnet by considering the two-terminal spin transport through a finite spin-1/2 magnetic chain with planar exchange. By fermionizing the system, we recast the spin-transport problem in terms of quasiparticle transmission through a superconducting region. We show that the topological underpinnings of a semiclassical spin superfluid relate to the topological superconductivity in the fermionic representation. In particular, we find an efficient spin transmission through the magnetic region of a characteristic resonant length, which can be related to the properties of the boundary Majorana zero modes.

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  • Received 26 October 2018
  • Revised 7 January 2023
  • Accepted 17 January 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.085403

©2023 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Silas Hoffman1, Daniel Loss1, and Yaroslav Tserkovnyak2

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA

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Vol. 107, Iss. 8 — 15 February 2023

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