EXCITON DYNAMICS IN PENTACENE THIN-FILMS STUDIED BY PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY

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JUNDT, C [1 ]
KLEIN, G [1 ]
SIPP, B [1 ]
LEMOIGNE, J [1 ]
JOUCLA, M [1 ]
VILLAEYS, AA [1 ]
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[1] INST PHYS & CHIM MAT STRASBOURG,MAT ORGAN GRP,F-67037 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
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10.1016/0009-2614(95)00603-2
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Pentacene microcrystalline thin films have been investigated by pump-probe spectroscopy in the femtosecond regime. The competition between induced absorption in the singlet S-1 --> S-n and triplet T-1 --> T-n, excited electronic configurations and bleaching of the S-0 --> S-1 transition has been observed. A theoretical description is proposed to explain the experimental results. The importance of the different contributions associated with the various competing processes are stressed. A very fast triplet exciton creation with rate constant 1.3 X 10(13) s(-1) is attributed to a fission process from one S-1 exciton to a pair of lowest triplet T-1 excitons.
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