Dielectric coats effect on the third harmonic generation by a metallic nanoparticle lattice exposed to intense laser radiation

In this work, we theoretically study the effect of coating of metallic nanoparticles on the third harmonic generation in a periodic three-dimensional lattice. Taking into account the effects of dielectric shell of nanoparticles and microscopic electromagnetic fields on the nonlinear dynamics of electrons, equations describing the laser–nanoparticle interaction are derived in the non-relativistic approximation. We pay special attention on the effects of the thickness and the kind of shell of nanoparticles upon the third harmonic efficiency. It is found that in some frequency areas, existence of shell can amplify the microscopic fields in the place of conduction electrons, which can lead to the improvement of harmonic generation. This amplification could be essential if the frequency region related to the shell effect improvement coincides with that of the plasmon resonance.