• DocumentCode
    500102
  • Title

    Surface and bulk contributions to the second-order nonlinearity of gold

  • Author

    Wang, Fu Xiang ; Rodriguez, Francisco J. ; Kauranen, Martti ; Albers, Willem M. ; Ahorinta, Risto ; Sipe, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We use two-beam second-harmonic generation to separate the surface and bulk contributions to the second-order nonlinearity of gold. The results provide direct evidence of bulk contributions, nevertheless, surface-like contributions dominate the measured signals.
  • Keywords
    gold; measurement by laser beam; metamaterials; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; Au; SHG measurement; gold; metamaterial; nonlinear optics; second-order nonlinearity; solid laser measurement; two-beam second-harmonic generation; Gold; Magnetic materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Physics; Polarization; (190.2620) Harmonic-generation and mixing; (190.4350) Nonlinear optics at surface;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225483