Magnetization plateaus by reconstructed quasispinons in a frustrated two-leg spin ladder under a magnetic field

フラストレートした量子スピン梯子系における再構築された擬スピンによる磁化プラトー

杉本 貴則*; 森 道康  ; 遠山 貴巳*; 前川 禎通

Sugimoto, Takanori*; Mori, Michiyasu; Toyama, Takami*; Maekawa, Sadamichi

The quantum phase transitions induced by a magnetic field are theoretically studied in a frustrated two-leg spin ladder. Using the density-matrix renormalization-group method, we find some magnetic phase transitions and plateaux in two different cases of strong and weak rung couplings. With the strong rung coupling, the three magnetization plateaux are found at 1/3, 1/2, and 2/3 due to the frustration. Those can be understood in terms of a quasi-spinon reconstructed from the singlet and the triplets of spins on a rung. The plateau at 1/2 corresponds to the valence bond solid of the quasispinons, while the plateaux at 1/3 and 2/3 can be associated with the array of quasi-spinons such as soliton lattice. This is different from the usual Bose-Einstein-condensation picture of triplons. Our results will be useful to understand magnetization curves in BiCuPO.