EVIDENCE FOR EXCITON CONFINEMENT IN CRYSTALLINE ORGANIC MULTIPLE QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
SO, FF [1 ]
FORREST, SR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SO CALIF,CTR PHOTON TECHNOL,DEPT MAT SCI,LOS ANGELES,CA 90089
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2649
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Multiple-quantum-well structures based on two crystalline organic semiconductors, namely, 3,4,9,10 perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride and 3,4,7,8 naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, have been grown by organic molecular-beam deposition. Both optical-absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements reveal a significant effect on the binding energy and the radiative recombination probability of excitons due to localization of carriers. Variational calculations of the ground-state exciton energy in quantum wells have been done, and the results agree with the experimental data. This provides evidence for exciton confinement in organic quantum-well structures.
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