@article{5808, author = {E. V. Alieva and Y. E. Petrov and V. A. Yakovlev and E. R. Eliel and E. W. M. van der Ham and Q. H. F. Vrehen and A. F. G. van der Meer and V. A. Sychugov}, title = {Giant enhancement of sum-frequency generation upon excitation of a surface plasmon-polariton}, abstract = {The generation of the sum frequency of visible (0.5235 mu m) and IP (10 mu m) radiation on smooth and corrugated silver surfaces is investigated. The sum-frequency signal obtained with a visible-range surface plasmon-polariton excited on a corrugated silver-air interface is found to be more than four orders of magnitude stronger than the signal from a smooth silver surface. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-3640(97)00221-1].}, year = {1997}, journal = {Jetp Letters}, volume = {66}, number = {9}, pages = {609-613}, month = {Nov 10}, isbn = {0021-3640}, doi = {10.1134/1.567569}, language = {eng}, }