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Simplified bond-hyperpolarizability model of second-harmonic-generation in Si(111): theory and experiment

Materials Science 2015-06-12 v3

Abstract

Second-harmonic-generation (SHG) in centrosymmetric material such as Si(111) is usually understood either from the phenomenology theory or more recently using the Simplified Bond-Hyperpolarizability Model (SBHM) [G. D. Powell, J. F. Wang, and D. E. Aspnes, Phys. Rev. B 65, 205320/1 (2002)]. Although SBHM is derived from a classical point of view, it has the advantage over the former that it gives-especially for lower symmetry systems- a clear physical picture and a more efficient explanation of how nonlinearity is generated. In this paper we provide a step-by-step description of the SBHM in Si(111) for the linear and second harmonic case. We present a SHG experiment of Si(111) and show how it can be modelled by summing up the contribution of the fields produced by the anharmonic motion along the bonds.

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@article{arxiv.1212.0231,
  title  = {Simplified bond-hyperpolarizability model of second-harmonic-generation in Si(111): theory and experiment},
  author = {Hendradi Hardhienata and Andrii Prylepa and David Stifter and Kurt Hingerl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.0231},
  year   = {2015}
}

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ACCEPTED to be published in the The Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2013 International Conference on Science & Engineering in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics (ScieTech 2013)