Nonlinear optical scattering: The concept of effective susceptibility

Sylvie Roke, Mischa Bonn, and Andrei V. Petukhov

Phys. Rev. B 70, 115106 – Published 17 September 2004

Abstract

We present a general theoretical method for deriving effective susceptibilities for (non)linear optical scattering processes of arbitrary order using the reciprocity principle. This method allows us to formulate a generalized treatment of nonlinear optical scattering and deduce selection rules independent of the precise mechanism of light-matter interaction. We particularize this approach to second-order sum frequency scattering from an inhomogeneous medium and consider the limiting cases of small particle scattering, refractive index matched (Rayleigh-Gans-Debye) scattering, small refractive index contrast (Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin) scattering and correlated scattering. We compare the derived expressions to experimental results of sum frequency scattering from monodisperse particles in suspension with varying sizes.

Received 3 February 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.70.115106

Authors & Affiliations

Sylvie Roke^1,*, Mischa Bonn^1,2, and Andrei V. Petukhov^3,*

¹Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
²FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
³Debye Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80051, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands

^*Electronic address: roke@chem.leidenuniv.nl

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Vol. 70, Iss. 11 — 15 September 2004

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