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Goos-Hänchen shifts in harmonic generation from metals
V J Yallapragada1, Achanta Venu Gopal, G S Agarwal
1Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India.
Abstract:
We present the first calculation of the Goos-Hänchen shifts in the context of the nonlinear generation of fields. We specifically concentrate on shifts of second harmonic generated at metallic surfaces. At metallic surfaces the second harmonic primarily arises from discontinuities of the field at surfaces which not only result in large harmonic generation but also in significant Goos-Hänchen shifts of the generated second harmonic. Our results can be extended to other shifts like angular shifts and Fedorov-Imbert shifts.
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