Examination of the surface second harmonic response from noble metal surfaces at infrared wavelengths

Contributing factors to the second harmonic response from Ag(111) and Au(111) surfaces have been examined in the long wavelength limit where nonresonant conditions prevail. The rotational anisotropy in the nonlinear response is found to persist for both metals in the absence of surface resonances an...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 1993-10, Vol.99 (7), p.5500-5507
Main Authors: WONG, E. K. L, RICHMOND, G. L
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applied sciences
Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
Exact sciences and technology
Metals and metallic alloys
Metals. Metallurgy
Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation
Optical properties of specific thin films
Physics
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Summary:Contributing factors to the second harmonic response from Ag(111) and Au(111) surfaces have been examined in the long wavelength limit where nonresonant conditions prevail. The rotational anisotropy in the nonlinear response is found to persist for both metals in the absence of surface resonances and to show convergent behavior in both the relative phase and intensity as the incident energy is lowered from resonant to nonresonant conditions. The phase difference between the in-plane and out-of-plane responses in the long wavelength limit can be described by linear Fresnel theory. Whereas the tensor elements corresponding to the out-of-plane response are found to dominate, the in-plane contributions are found to be non-negligible.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.465967