Ultrafast dynamics of excitons in tetracene single crystals.

Birech, Zephania; Schwoerer, Markus; Schmeiler, Teresa; Pflaum, Jens; Schwoerer, Heinrich

Birech, Zephania; Schwoerer, Markus; Schmeiler, Teresa; Pflaum, Jens; Schwoerer, Heinrich.

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Birech Z; Laser Research Institute, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa.
Schwoerer M; Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Schmeiler T; Experimental Physics VI, University of Würzburg and Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, Würzburg, Germany.
Pflaum J; Experimental Physics VI, University of Würzburg and Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, Würzburg, Germany.
Schwoerer H; Laser Research Institute, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa.

J Chem Phys ; 140(11): 114501, 2014 Mar 21.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24655187

RESUMEN

Ultrafast exciton dynamics in free standing 200 nm thin tetracene single crystals were studied at room temperature by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy in the visible spectral range. The complex spectrally overlapping transient absorption traces of single crystals were systematically deconvoluted. From this, the ultrafast dynamics of the ground, excited, and transition states were identified including singlet exciton fission into two triplet excitons. Fission is generated through both, direct fission of higher singlet states S(n) on a sub-picosecond timescale, and thermally activated fission of the singlet exciton S1 on a 40 ps timescale. The high energy Davydov component of the S1 exciton is proposed to undergo fission on a sub-picoseconds timescale. At high density of triplet excitons their mutual annihilation (triplet-triplet annihilation) occurs on a <10 ps timescale.

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Chem Phys Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Sudáfrica Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

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