Implications of second harmonic generation for hidden order in Sr2CuO2Cl2
Abstract
Sr2CuO2Cl2 (SCOC) is a model undoped cuprate with I4/mmm crystallographic symmetry, and a simple magnetic space group CAmca with associated magnetic point group mmm1'. However, recent second harmonic spectroscopy in the antiferromagnetic phase has challenged this picture, suggesting instead a magnetic point group 4/mm'm' that co-exists with the antiferromagnetism and breaks the two orthogonal mirror planes containing the tetragonal c-axis. Here, we analyze the symmetry of SCOC in light of the second harmonic results, and discuss possible ground states that are consistent with the data.
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