Field induced transition of the S=1 antiferromagnetic chain with anisotropy

Abstract

The ground state magnetization process of the S=1 antiferromagnetic chain with the easy-axis single-ion anisotropy described by negative $D$ is investigated. It is numerically found that a phase transition between two different gapless phases occurs at an intermediate magnetic field between the starting and saturation points of the magnetization for $-1.49<D<-0.35$. The transition is similar to the spin flopping, but it is second-order and not accompanied with any significant anomalous behaviors in the magnetization curve. We also present the phase diagrams in the m-D and H-D planes which reveal a possible re-entrant transition.Comment: 6 pages, Revtex, with 6 eps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B (Sep. 1