HelicalLattice

Inheritance Diagram

Inheritance diagram of tenpy.models.lattice.HelicalLattice

Methods

HelicalLattice.__init__(regular_lattice, …)

Initialize self.

HelicalLattice.count_neighbors([u, key])

Count e.g.

HelicalLattice.coupling_shape(dx)

Calculate correct shape of the strengths for a coupling.

HelicalLattice.distance(u1, u2, dx)

Get the distance for a given coupling between two sites in the lattice.

HelicalLattice.enlarge_mps_unit_cell([factor])

Repeat the unit cell for infinite MPS boundary conditions; in place.

HelicalLattice.find_coupling_pairs([max_dx, …])

Automatically find coupling pairs grouped by distances.

HelicalLattice.from_hdf5(hdf5_loader, h5gr, …)

Load instance from a HDF5 file.

HelicalLattice.lat2mps_idx(lat_idx)

Translate lattice indices (x_0, ..., x_{D-1}, u) to MPS index i.

HelicalLattice.mps2lat_idx(i)

Translate MPS index i to lattice indices (x_0, ..., x_{dim-1}, u).

HelicalLattice.mps2lat_values(*args, **kwargs)

Not implemented, use mps2lat_values_masked() instead.

HelicalLattice.mps2lat_values_masked(*args, …)

Reshape/reorder an array A to replace an MPS index by lattice indices.

HelicalLattice.mps_idx_fix_u([u])

return an index array of MPS indices for which the site within the unit cell is u.

HelicalLattice.mps_lat_idx_fix_u([u])

Similar as mps_idx_fix_u(), but return also the corresponding lattice indices.

HelicalLattice.mps_sites()

Return a list of sites for all MPS indices.

HelicalLattice.multi_coupling_shape(dx)

Calculate correct shape of the strengths for a multi_coupling.

HelicalLattice.number_nearest_neighbors([u])

Deprecated.

HelicalLattice.number_next_nearest_neighbors([u])

Deprecated.

HelicalLattice.ordering(order)

Provide possible orderings of the lattice sites.

HelicalLattice.plot_basis(ax[, origin, shade])

Plot arrows indicating the basis vectors of the lattice.

HelicalLattice.plot_bc_identified(ax[, …])

Mark two sites indified by periodic boundary conditions.

HelicalLattice.plot_coupling(ax[, coupling, …])

Plot lines connecting nearest neighbors of the lattice.

HelicalLattice.plot_order(ax[, order, …])

Plot a line connecting sites in the specified “order” and text labels enumerating them.

HelicalLattice.plot_sites(ax[, markers])

Plot the sites of the lattice with markers.

HelicalLattice.position(lat_idx)

return ‘space’ position of one or multiple sites.

HelicalLattice.possible_couplings(u1, u2, dx)

Find possible MPS indices for two-site couplings.

HelicalLattice.possible_multi_couplings(ops)

Generalization of possible_couplings() to couplings with more than 2 sites.

HelicalLattice.save_hdf5(hdf5_saver, h5gr, …)

Export self into a HDF5 file.

HelicalLattice.site(i)

return Site instance corresponding to an MPS index i

HelicalLattice.test_sanity()

Sanity check.

Class Attributes and Properties

HelicalLattice.Lu

the (expected) number of sites in the unit cell, len(unit_cell).

HelicalLattice.boundary_conditions

Human-readable list of boundary conditions from bc and bc_shift.

HelicalLattice.dim

The dimension of the lattice.

HelicalLattice.nearest_neighbors

HelicalLattice.next_nearest_neighbors

HelicalLattice.next_next_nearest_neighbors

HelicalLattice.order

Defines an ordering of the lattice sites, thus mapping the lattice to a 1D chain.

class tenpy.models.lattice.HelicalLattice(regular_lattice, N_unit_cells)[source]

Bases: tenpy.models.lattice.Lattice

Translation invariant version of a tilted, regular 2D lattice.

A 2D lattice on an infinite cylinder becomes translation invariant by a single lattice unit cell if we tilt/shift the boundary conditions around the cylinder such that the unit cell at (x, y=Ly-1) is neighbored by (x+1, y=0), and the MPS winds as a helix around the cylinder. Let’s illustrate this for the Square lattice with a single-site unit cell - for a multi-site unit cell, imagine it being inserted at each of the sites of a Square lattice.

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

../_images/tenpy-models-lattice-HelicalLattice-1.png

Warning

Some assumptions of the regular lattice like “the number of the sites in the MPS unit cell is product(lat.shape)” no longer hold for this model! Be very careful e.g. for getting the units of the correlation_length() right.

Parameters

N_unit_cells (int) – Number of lattice unit cells to include into the MPS unit cell. The total number of sites will be N_unit_cells * len(regular_lattice.unit_cell).

save_hdf5(hdf5_saver, h5gr, subpath)[source]

Export self into a HDF5 file.

This method saves all the data it needs to reconstruct self with from_hdf5().

Specifically, it saves unit_cell, Ls, unit_cell_positions, basis, boundary_conditions, pairs under their name, bc_MPS as "boundary_conditions_MPS", and order as "order_for_MPS". Moreover, it saves dim and N_sites as HDF5 attributes.

Parameters
  • hdf5_saver (Hdf5Saver) – Instance of the saving engine.

  • h5gr (:class`Group`) – HDF5 group which is supposed to represent self.

  • subpath (str) – The name of h5gr with a '/' in the end.

classmethod from_hdf5(hdf5_loader, h5gr, subpath)[source]

Load instance from a HDF5 file.

This method reconstructs a class instance from the data saved with save_hdf5().

Parameters
  • hdf5_loader (Hdf5Loader) – Instance of the loading engine.

  • h5gr (Group) – HDF5 group which is represent the object to be constructed.

  • subpath (str) – The name of h5gr with a '/' in the end.

Returns

obj – Newly generated class instance containing the required data.

Return type

cls

ordering(order)[source]

Provide possible orderings of the lattice sites.

Parameters

order – Argument for the Lattice.ordering() of the regular_lattice, or 2D ndarray providing the order of the regular lattice. Note that really the only freedom is the order of the sites in the unit_cell.

Returns

order – The order to be used for order, i.e. order with added/removed sites as specified by remove and add.

Return type

array, shape (N, D+1)

property order

Defines an ordering of the lattice sites, thus mapping the lattice to a 1D chain.

Each row of the array contains the lattice indices for one site, the order of the rows thus specifies a path through the lattice, along which an MPS will wind through through the lattice.

You can visualize the order with plot_order().

mps2lat_idx(i)[source]

Translate MPS index i to lattice indices (x_0, ..., x_{dim-1}, u).

Parameters

i (int | array_like of int) – MPS index/indices.

Returns

lat_idx – First dimensions like i, last dimension has len dim`+1 and contains the lattice indices ``(x_0, …, x_{dim-1}, u)` corresponding to i. For i accross the MPS unit cell and “infinite” bc_MPS, we shift x_0 accordingly.

Return type

array

lat2mps_idx(lat_idx)[source]

Translate lattice indices (x_0, ..., x_{D-1}, u) to MPS index i.

Parameters

lat_idx (array_like [.., dim+1]) – The last dimension corresponds to lattice indices (x_0, ..., x_{D-1}, u). All lattice indices should be positive and smaller than the corresponding entry in self.shape. Exception: for “infinite” bc_MPS, an x_0 outside indicates shifts accross the boundary.

Returns

i – MPS index/indices corresponding to lat_idx. Has the same shape as lat_idx without the last dimension.

Return type

array_like

mps2lat_values(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Not implemented, use mps2lat_values_masked() instead.

mps2lat_values_masked(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Reshape/reorder an array A to replace an MPS index by lattice indices.

This is a generalization of mps2lat_values() allowing for the case of an arbitrary set of MPS indices present in each axis of A.

Parameters
  • A (ndarray) – Some values.

  • axes ((iterable of) int) – Chooses the axis of A which should be replaced. If multiple axes are given, you also need to give multiple index arrays as mps_inds.

  • mps_inds ((list of) 1D ndarray) – Specifies for each axis in axes, for which MPS indices we have values in the corresponding axis of A. Defaults to [np.arange(A.shape[ax]) for ax in axes]. For indices accross the MPS unit cell and “infinite” bc_MPS, we shift x_0 accordingly.

  • include_u ((list of) bool) – Specifies for each axis in axes, whether the u index of the lattice should be included into the output array res_A. Defaults to len(self.unit_cell) > 1.

Returns

res_A – Reshaped and reordered copy of A. Such that MPS indices along the specified axes are replaced by lattice indices, i.e., if MPS index j maps to lattice site (x0, x1, x2), then res_A[..., x0, x1, x2, ...] = A[..., mps_inds[j], ...].

Return type

np.ma.MaskedArray

enlarge_mps_unit_cell(factor=2)[source]

Repeat the unit cell for infinite MPS boundary conditions; in place.

Parameters

factor (int) – The new number of sites in the MPS unit cell will be increased from N_sites to factor*N_sites_per_ring. Since MPS unit cells are repeated in the x-direction in our convetion, the lattice shape goes from (Lx, Ly, ..., Lu) to (Lx*factor, Ly, ..., Lu).

possible_couplings(u1, u2, dx, strength=None)[source]

Find possible MPS indices for two-site couplings.

For periodic boundary conditions (bc[a] == False) the index x_a is taken modulo Ls[a] and runs through range(Ls[a]). For open boundary conditions, x_a is limited to 0 <= x_a < Ls[a] and 0 <= x_a+dx[a] < lat.Ls[a].

Parameters
  • u1 (int) – Indices within the unit cell; the u1 and u2 of add_coupling()

  • u2 (int) – Indices within the unit cell; the u1 and u2 of add_coupling()

  • dx (array) – Length dim. The translation in terms of basis vectors for the coupling.

  • strength (array_like | None) – If given, instead of returning lat_indices and coupling_shape directly return the correct strength_12.

Returns

  • mps1, mps2 (1D array) – For each possible two-site coupling the MPS indices for the u1 and u2.

  • strength_vals (1D array) – (Only returend if strength is not None.) Such that for (i, j, s) in zip(mps1, mps2, strength_vals): iterates over all possible couplings with s being the strength of that coupling. Couplings where strength_vals == 0. are filtered out.

  • lat_indices (2D int array) – (Only returend if strength is None.) Rows of lat_indices correspond to entries of mps1 and mps2 and contain the lattice indices of the “lower left corner” of the box containing the coupling.

  • coupling_shape (tuple of int) – (Only returend if strength is None.) Len dim. The correct shape for an array specifying the coupling strength. lat_indices has only rows within this shape.

possible_multi_couplings(ops, strength=None)[source]

Generalization of possible_couplings() to couplings with more than 2 sites.

Parameters

ops (list of (opname, dx, u)) – Same as the argument ops of add_multi_coupling().

Returns

  • mps_ijkl (2D int array) – Each row contains MPS indices i,j,k,l,…` for each of the operators positions. The positions are defined by dx (j,k,l,… relative to i) and boundary coundary conditions of self (how much the box for given dx can be shifted around without hitting a boundary - these are the different rows).

  • strength_vals (1D array) – (Only returend if strength is not None.) Such that for  (ijkl, s) in zip(mps_ijkl, strength_vals): iterates over all possible couplings with s being the strength of that coupling. Couplings where strength_vals == 0. are filtered out.

  • lat_indices (2D int array) – (Only returend if strength is None.) Rows of lat_indices correspond to rows of mps_ijkl and contain the lattice indices of the “lower left corner” of the box containing the coupling.

  • coupling_shape (tuple of int) – (Only returend if strength is None.) Len dim. The correct shape for an array specifying the coupling strength. lat_indices has only rows within this shape.

plot_coupling(ax, coupling=None, wrap=True, **kwargs)[source]

Plot lines connecting nearest neighbors of the lattice.

Parameters
  • ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes) – The axes on which we should plot.

  • coupling (list of (u1, u2, dx)) – By default (None), use self.pairs['nearest_neighbors']. Specifies the connections to be plotted; iteating over lattice indices (i0, i1, …), we plot a connection from the site (i0, i1, ..., u1) to the site (i0+dx[0], i1+dx[1], ..., u2), taking into account the boundary conditions.

  • wrap (bool) – If True, plot couplings going around the boundary by directly connecting the sites it connects. This might be hard to see, as this puts lines from one end of the lattice to the other. If False, plot the couplings as dangling lines.

  • **kwargs – Further keyword arguments given to ax.plot().

property boundary_conditions

Human-readable list of boundary conditions from bc and bc_shift.

Returns

boundary_conditions – List of "open" or "periodic", one entry for each direction of the lattice.

Return type

list of str

count_neighbors(u=0, key='nearest_neighbors')[source]

Count e.g. the number of nearest neighbors for a site in the bulk.

Parameters
  • u (int) – Specifies the site in the unit cell, for which we should count the number of neighbors (or whatever key specifies).

  • key (str) – Key of pairs to select what to count.

Returns

number – Number of nearest neighbors (or whatever key specified) for the u-th site in the unit cell, somewhere in the bulk of the lattice. Note that it might not be the correct value at the edges of a lattice with open boundary conditions.

Return type

int

coupling_shape(dx)[source]

Calculate correct shape of the strengths for a coupling.

Parameters

dx (tuple of int) – Translation vector in the lattice for a coupling of two operators. Corresponds to dx argument of tenpy.models.model.CouplingModel.add_multi_coupling().

Returns

  • coupling_shape (tuple of int) – Len dim. The correct shape for an array specifying the coupling strength. lat_indices has only rows within this shape.

  • shift_lat_indices (array) – Translation vector from origin to the lower left corner of box spanned by dx.

property dim

The dimension of the lattice.

distance(u1, u2, dx)[source]

Get the distance for a given coupling between two sites in the lattice.

The u1, u2, dx parameters are defined in analogy with add_coupling(), i.e., this function calculates the distance between a pair of operators added with add_coupling (using the basis and unit_cell_positions of the lattice).

Warning

This function ignores “wrapping” arround the cylinder in the case of periodic boundary conditions.

Parameters
  • u1 (int) – Indices within the unit cell; the u1 and u2 of add_coupling()

  • u2 (int) – Indices within the unit cell; the u1 and u2 of add_coupling()

  • dx (array) – Length dim. The translation in terms of basis vectors for the coupling.

Returns

distance – The distance between site at lattice indices [x, y, u1] and [x + dx[0], y + dx[1], u2], ignoring any boundary effects.

Return type

float

find_coupling_pairs(max_dx=3, cutoff=None, eps=1e-10)[source]

Automatically find coupling pairs grouped by distances.

Given the unit_cell_positions and basis, the coupling pairs of nearest_neighbors, next_nearest_neighbors etc at a given distance are basically fixed (although not uniquely, since we take out half of them to avoid double-counting couplings in both directions A_i B_j + B_i A_i). This function iterates through all possible couplings up to a given cutoff distance and then determines the possible pairs at fixed distances (up to round-off errors).

Parameters
  • max_dx (int) – Maximal index for each index of dx to iterate over. You need large enough values to include every possible coupling up to the desired distance, but choosing it too large might make this function run for a long time.

  • cutoff (float) – Maximal distance (in the units in which basis and unit_cell_positions is given).

  • eps (float) – Tolerance up to which to distances are considered the same.

Returns

coupling_pairs – Keys are distances of nearest-neighbors, next-nearest-neighbors etc. Values are [(u1, u2, dx), ...] as in pairs.

Return type

dict

mps_idx_fix_u(u=None)[source]

return an index array of MPS indices for which the site within the unit cell is u.

If you have multiple sites in your unit-cell, an onsite operator is in general not defined for all sites. This functions returns an index array of the mps indices which belong to sites given by self.unit_cell[u].

Parameters

u (None | int) – Selects a site of the unit cell. None (default) means all sites.

Returns

mps_idx – MPS indices for which self.site(i) is self.unit_cell[u]. Ordered ascending.

Return type

array

mps_lat_idx_fix_u(u=None)[source]

Similar as mps_idx_fix_u(), but return also the corresponding lattice indices.

Parameters

u (None | int) – Selects a site of the unit cell. None (default) means all sites.

Returns

  • mps_idx (array) – MPS indices i for which self.site(i) is self.unit_cell[u].

  • lat_idx (2D array) – The row j contains the lattice index (without u) corresponding to mps_idx[j].

mps_sites()[source]

Return a list of sites for all MPS indices.

Equivalent to [self.site(i) for i in range(self.N_sites)].

This should be used for sites of 1D tensor networks (MPS, MPO,…).

multi_coupling_shape(dx)[source]

Calculate correct shape of the strengths for a multi_coupling.

Parameters

dx (2D array, shape (N_ops, dim)) – dx[i, :] is the translation vector in the lattice for the i-th operator. Corresponds to the dx of each operator given in the argument ops of tenpy.models.model.CouplingModel.add_multi_coupling().

Returns

  • coupling_shape (tuple of int) – Len dim. The correct shape for an array specifying the coupling strength. lat_indices has only rows within this shape.

  • shift_lat_indices (array) – Translation vector from origin to the lower left corner of box spanned by dx. (Unlike for coupling_shape() it can also contain entries > 0)

number_nearest_neighbors(u=0)[source]

Deprecated.

Deprecated since version 0.5.0: Use count_neighbors() instead.

number_next_nearest_neighbors(u=0)[source]

Deprecated.

Deprecated since version 0.5.0: Use count_neighbors() instead.

plot_basis(ax, origin=(0.0, 0.0), shade=None, **kwargs)[source]

Plot arrows indicating the basis vectors of the lattice.

Parameters
  • ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes) – The axes on which we should plot.

  • **kwargs – Keyword arguments for ax.arrow.

plot_bc_identified(ax, direction=- 1, origin=None, cylinder_axis=False, **kwargs)[source]

Mark two sites indified by periodic boundary conditions.

Works only for lattice with a 2-dimensional basis.

Parameters
  • ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes) – The axes on which we should plot.

  • direction (int) – The direction of the lattice along which we should mark the idenitified sites. If None, mark it along all directions with periodic boundary conditions.

  • cylinder_axis (bool) – Whether to plot the cylinder axis as well.

  • origin (None | np.ndarray) – The origin starting from where we mark the identified sites. Defaults to the first entry of unit_cell_positions.

  • **kwargs – Keyword arguments for the used ax.plot.

plot_order(ax, order=None, textkwargs={'color': 'r'}, **kwargs)[source]

Plot a line connecting sites in the specified “order” and text labels enumerating them.

Parameters
  • ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes) – The axes on which we should plot.

  • order (None | 2D array (self.N_sites, self.dim+1)) – The order as returned by ordering(); by default (None) use order.

  • textkwargs (None | dict) – If not None, we add text labels enumerating the sites in the plot. The dictionary can contain keyword arguments for ax.text().

  • **kwargs – Further keyword arguments given to ax.plot().

plot_sites(ax, markers=['o', '^', 's', 'p', 'h', 'D'], **kwargs)[source]

Plot the sites of the lattice with markers.

Parameters
  • ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes) – The axes on which we should plot.

  • markers (list) – List of values for the keywork marker of ax.plot() to distinguish the different sites in the unit cell, a site u in the unit cell is plotted with a marker markers[u % len(markers)].

  • **kwargs – Further keyword arguments given to ax.plot().

position(lat_idx)[source]

return ‘space’ position of one or multiple sites.

Parameters

lat_idx (ndarray, (... , dim+1)) – Lattice indices.

Returns

pos – The position of the lattice sites specified by lat_idx in real-space.

Return type

ndarray, (..., dim)

site(i)[source]

return Site instance corresponding to an MPS index i

test_sanity()[source]

Sanity check.

Raises ValueErrors, if something is wrong.