Enhanced second harmonic generation by double plasmon resonances in mesoscale flower-like silver particles

Abstract

We investigate second harmonic generation (SHG) response of mesoscale silver (Ag) particles. The flower-like Ag mesoparticles and Ag micro-hemispheres on an indium tin oxide coated glass substrate were prepared by a simple electrochemical deposition method. We find that the mesoscale Ag particles show a strong SHG response associated with their geometries. The dependence of the SHG on the excitation wavelength reveals that the multi-resonant response occurring at the emission wavelengths plays an important role in SHG enhancement.