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Theory of Optical Rectification Effect in Metallic Thin Film with Periodic Modulation

Optics 2017-04-05 v2

Abstract

We conducted theoretical and numerical investigations of the optical rectification (OR) effect in metallic structures with periodic modulation. A new formulation of the OR effect is presented, and the mechanism by which the OR effect is generated, which has been a controversial issue in previous studies, is clarified. We reveal that the OR effect is strongly enhanced by a combination of spatial variation of the metallic structure and local electric field enhancement. Our theory was numerically evaluated and agreed fairly well with experiment.

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@article{arxiv.1408.2394,
  title  = {Theory of Optical Rectification Effect in Metallic Thin Film with Periodic Modulation},
  author = {Kurosawa Hiroyuki and Ohno Seigo and Nakayama Kazuyuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2394},
  year   = {2017}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures