Paper: 2005 Second-harmonic generation from nanoscopic metal tips: Generalized symmetry selection rules for single nanostructures

Second-harmonic generation from nanoscopic metal tips: Generalized symmetry selection rules for single nanostructures

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Catalin C. Neacsu, George A. Reider, and Markus B. Raschke
Phys. Rev. B 71, 201402 (2005).
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Second-harmonic generation (SHG) from individual nanoscopic metal tips has been investigated. Compared to both planar interfaces, as well as spherical or ellipsoidal nanoparticles, very different polarization selection rules and SH-emission directions result. As a partially asymmetric nanostructure the tip allows for the distinction of otherwise inseparable local surface and nonlocal bulk second-harmonic polarizations. This provides opportunities for second-harmonic investigations of nanoparticles and in scattering-type near field microscopy.