Scattering of second-harmonic light from small spherical particles ordered in a crystalline lattice
Martorell, Jordi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear)
Corbalán, R. (Ramón)
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física)
Vilaseca, Ramon (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear)
American Physical Society
Date: |
1997 |
Abstract: |
Experimental evidence of scattering of second-harmonic light from the surface of spherical particles of optical dimensions is presented. This mechanism for second-harmonic generation is observed in a suspension of monodisperse spherical colloidal particles, ordered in a centrosymmetric crystalline lattice. In this periodic structure the mechanism of phase matching is provided by the bending of the photon dispersion curve near the Bragg reflection band. A simple theoretical analysis based on the Rayleigh-Gans scattering approximation shows that constructive interference of the second-harmonic light scattered from different portions of a single-sphere surface leads to a nonvanishing field with a quadrupolar distribution intensity pattern. |
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Language: |
Anglès |
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Physical review. A, Vol. 55, Issue 6 (June 1997) , p. 4520-4525, ISSN 1050-2947 |
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4520
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