# Nonlinear response in a non-centrosymmetric topological insulator

## TL;DR

This paper investigates nonlinear optical responses in non-centrosymmetric topological insulators, explaining frequency up-conversion phenomena through a generalized Kubo response theory.

## Contribution

It introduces a theoretical framework based on a generalized Kubo formula to analyze nonlinear responses in topological insulators with broken inversion symmetry.

## Key findings

- Nonlinear response theory explains frequency up-conversion.
- Breaking inversion symmetry enables second-harmonic generation.
- Hexagonal warping affects nonlinear optical properties.

## Abstract

Nonlinear phenomena are inherent in most systems in nature. Second or higher-order harmonic generations, three-wave and four-wave mixing are typical phenomena in nonlinear optics. To obtain a nonzero signal for second-harmonic generation in the long-wavelength limit ($q\rightarrow0$), the breaking of inversion symmetry is required. In topological materials, a hexagonal warping term which breaks the rotation symmetry of the Fermi surface is observed by angular-resolved photo-emission spectroscopy (ARPES). If a gap opens (e.g., by doping with magnetic impurities) the inversion symmetry will be broken. Here we use a nonlinear response theory based on a generalized Kubo formula to explain the frequency up-conversion in topological materials.