Plasmon-enhanced spectral changes in surface sum-frequency generation with polychromatic light

Opt Express. 2013 Jun 17;21(12):14159-68. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.014159.

Abstract

We theoretically explore the spectral behavior of the fundamental and sum-frequency waves generated from the surface of a thin metal film in the Kretschmann configuration with coherent ultrashort pulses. We show that the spectra of reflected sum-frequency waves exhibit pronounced shifts for the incident fundamental waves close to the plasmon coupling angle. We also demonstrate that the scale of discovered plasmon-enhanced spectral changes is strongly influenced by the magnitude of the incidence angle and the bandwidth of the source spectrum.

MeSH terms

  • Color*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Light
  • Lighting / methods*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Photometry / methods*
  • Refractometry / methods*
  • Scattering, Radiation