Spin-charge-orbital ordering on triangle-based lattices

Onishi, Hiroaki  ; Hotta, Takashi

We investigate the ground-state property of an -orbital Hubbard model at quarter filling on a zigzag chain by exploiting the density matrix renormalization group method. When two orbitals are degenerate, the zigzag chain is decoupled to a doble-chain spin system to suppress the spin frustration due to the spatial anisotropy of the occupied orbital. On the other hand, when the level splitting is increased and the orbital anisotropy disappears, a characteristic change in the spin incommensurability is observed due to the revival of the spin frustration.