(1) Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, 2° Universita' di Roma Tor Vergat, via Orazio Raimondo, I-00173 Rome, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Fisica, 2° Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, via Orazio Raimondo, I-00173 Rome, Italy
Abstract:
The wavelength dependence of the second-harmonic (SH) generation efficiency has been measured in copper. A strong enhancement of the SH generation has been observed at the onset of interband transitions. Above the absorption edge the second-order polarization is dominated by the nonlinear response of bound electrons.