2025/07/09 by Mattia Udina, Udina, Mattia, I. Paul +1
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #2D Materials and Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #Organic and Molecular Conductors Research #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) #Topological Materials and Phenomena
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.07189
openalex publication_date 2025/07/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We develop the theory of antisymmetric Raman response, defined as the difference between the Raman signals of two scattering geometries related by an exchange of mutually perpendicular incoming and the outgoing photon polarizations. Such responses, finite in orthorhombic or lower symmetry systems, are related to cross-susceptibilities of two Raman operators and are characterized by the absence of intraband terms. This is in contrast to standard Raman responses which measure auto-susceptibilities where both intra- and interband processes contribute. We illustrate the theory with examples from the charge density wave rare-earth tritellurides and the excitonic insulator Ta2NiSe5. Our theory establishes antisymmetric Raman response as a unique tool to probe microscopic features such as interband energy scales and to detect reflection symmetry breaking.