2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION FROM A STRONGLY ROUGH METAL-SURFACE

Authors
ODONNELL KA TORRE R
Citation
Ka. Odonnell et R. Torre, 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION FROM A STRONGLY ROUGH METAL-SURFACE, Optics communications, 138(4-6), 1997, pp. 341-344
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
138
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
341 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)138:4-6<341:2GFASR>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We discuss experimental observations of diffusely scattered second-har monic light from a silver surface with rms roughness comparable to the illumination wavelength. The surface produces a backscattering peak i n its linear scattering distribution as is expected, but presents a di stinct minimum there in the second harmonic. The minimum is attributed to multiple scattering within surface valleys.