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Broadband enhancement of second harmonic generation at the domain walls of magnetic topological insulators

We show that the second harmonic generation (SHG) is enhanced in the chiral one-dimensional electron currents in a broad frequency range. The origin of the enhancement is two-fold: first, the linear dispersion of the current and the associated plasmonic mode as well as the quasi-linear dispersion of plasmon-polariton result in the lift of the phase matching condition. Moreover, the strong field localization leads to the further increase of the SHG in the structure. The results suggest that the chiral currents localized at the domain walls of magnetic topological insulators can be an efficient source of second harmonic signal in the terahertz frequency range.