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Opt Lett
; 37(19): 4017-9, 2012 Oct 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23027264
ABSTRACT
We propose a simple optical fiber tip for field-enhanced second harmonic generation (SHG). The tip shows nonlinear phenomena of SHG over a wide range of sources, at least from 630 to 830 nm. The optical field corresponding to the second harmonic appears as a nondiffracting bottle beam with voids due to the surface curvature of the tip. The field-enhanced second harmonic can also induce surface plasmons, converting the tip to a plasmonic probe with reduced background signal. The tip can be useful in nanophotonics characterization. As an example, we demonstrate the tip's response as a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy probe.