Non-linear Optics in Metals

This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to a very recent activity in solid state physics which has developed during the last 10 years and promises to become an important new tool for analysing electronic, atomic and magnetic properties of surfaces, interfaces and film structures. Important applications are to be expected for information storage like e.g. magnetic recording. The subject is one of the most recent examples of the successful history of light-matter interaction, and a most promising tool for non-destructive, high-sensitivity analysis of material specific properties of solids.