Iv. Novikov et al., Second harmonic generation of light in the Kretschmann attenuated total reflection geometry in the presence of surface roughness, WAVE RAND M, 11(3), 2001, pp. 183-231
Using a computer simulation approach we study the generation of second harm
onic light in reflection and in transmission in the Kretschmann attenuated
total reflection geometry. In this geometry a thin metal film is deposited
on the planar base of a dielectric prism, through which p-polarized light i
s incident on the film. The back surface of the film, which separates the f
ilm from vacuum, is a one-dimensional, randomly rough surface, whose genera
tors are normal to the plane of incidence of the light. The nonlinearity re
sponsible for the second harmonic generation is assumed to arise at the pri
sm-metal and metal-vacuum interfaces, and thus enters the problem only thro
ugh the boundary conditions at these interfaces at the harmonic frequency.
The source terms entering these boundary conditions are obtained from the s
olutions of the corresponding scattering and transmission problems at the f
undamental frequency. It is found that a peak in the angular dependence of
the intensity of both the transmitted and reflected second harmonic light o
ccurs in the directions normal to the mean scattering surface, in addition
to an enhanced backscattering peak in the retroreflection direction. The en
hanced transmission peak occurs in the non-radiative region, and therefore
cannot be observed in the far field.