2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION OF THE SURFACE MAGNETOPLASMON ON THE LATERAL SURFACE OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICE BOUNDED BY A METAL

The resonant second-harmonic generation process of the surface magneto plasma wave (SM) propagating across an external magnetic field on the lateral surface of the semiconductor superlattice bounded by a metal i s studied. The lateral surface is perpendicular to the layers of the p eriodic structure and is parallel to the directions of the superlattic e axis and the external magnetic field. The latter is assumed to quant ize the electrodynamical properties of two-dimensional conducting laye rs of the semiconductor superlattice. The consideration is carried out in the approximation of the continuous anisotropic medium characteriz ed by an effective dielectric tensor of the superlattice. The numerica l estimates showing the efficiency of the second-harmonic generation a re carried out for superlattices on the base of GaAs-AlGaAs heterostru ctures.