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  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Mirror symmetries are crucial for fundamental properties and conservation laws.
  • Breaking spatial inversion and time reversal symmetries can lead to magnetoelectric cross-coupling.
  • Optical nonreciprocity, a difference in light propagation, is typically small in linear optics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential for a giant nonreciprocal optical response in nonlinear optics.
  • To explore second harmonic generation (SHG) in materials where mirror symmetries are broken.
  • To identify materials exhibiting significant magnetoelectric cross-coupling effects in the optical regime.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental investigation of second harmonic generation (SHG) in CuB2O4.
  • Measurement of SHG transmission changes under varying magnetic fields.
  • Analysis of the interference between magnetic-dipole and electric-dipole contributions to SHG.

Main Results:

  • CuB2O4 exhibits a giant nonreciprocal optical response in SHG, with transmission changes approaching 100%.
  • This large effect is achieved with a minimal magnetic field reversal of ±10 mT.
  • The nonreciprocity arises from the interference between magnetic-dipole and electric-dipole SHG, enhanced by a resonant magnetic-dipole transition.

Conclusions:

  • A significant nonreciprocal optical response is achievable in nonlinear optics, specifically SHG.
  • Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials are promising platforms for realizing nonreciprocal nonlinear optical functionalities.
  • The interference mechanism provides a route to maximize optical nonreciprocity.