Assembling Fibonacci anyons from a Z(3) parafermion lattice model

作者:Stoudenmire E M*; Clarke David J; Mong Roger S K; Alicea Jason
来源:Physical Review B, 2015, 91(23): 235112.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.235112

摘要

Recent concrete proposals suggest it is possible to engineer a two-dimensional bulk phase supporting non-Abelian Fibonacci anyons out of Abelian fractional quantum Hall systems. The low-energy degrees of freedom of such setups can be modeled as Z(3) parafermions "hopping" on a two-dimensional lattice. We use the density matrix renormalization group to study a model of this type interpolating between the decoupled-chain, triangular-lattice, and square-lattice limits. The results show clear evidence of the Fibonacci phase over a wide region of the phase diagram, most notably including the isotropic triangular-lattice point. We also study the broader phase diagram of this model and show that elsewhere it supports an Abelian state with semionic excitations.

  • 出版日期2015-6-8