ULTRAFAST FIELD-INDUCED DISSOCIATION OF EXCITONS IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS

被引:306
作者
KERSTING, R
LEMMER, U
DEUSSEN, M
BAKKER, HJ
MAHRT, RF
KURZ, H
ARKHIPOV, VI
BASSLER, H
GOBEL, EO
机构
[1] UNIV MARBURG,FACHBEREICH PHYS,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
[2] UNIV MARBURG,FACHBEREICH PHYS CHEM,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
[3] UNIV MARBURG,ZENTRUM MAT WISSENSCH,D-35032 MARBURG,GERMANY
[4] MOSCOW ENGN PHYS INST,MOSCOW 115409,RUSSIA
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1440
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present a time-resolved study of the field-induced luminescence quenching in poly(phenylphenylenevinylene) using femtosecond luminescence spectroscopy. The dynamic quenching of the luminescence reveals a delay between the generation of excitons and their breakup into geminate electron-hole pairs. We explain the data by the interplay of the dissociation and the spectral relaxation of the excitons within an inhomogeneously broadened density of states. Our experimental results suggest that the photocarriers in conjugated polymers are not formed directly but result from dissociation of excitons.
引用
收藏
页码:1440 / 1443
页数:4
相关论文
共 22 条
  • [1] EXCITONS AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL-SPECTRA IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    ABE, S
    SCHREIBER, M
    SU, WP
    YU, J
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 45 (16): : 9432 - 9435
  • [2] ETEMAD S, 1991, SPECTROSCOPY ADV MAT
  • [3] POLARON-PAIR GENERATION IN POLY(PHENYLENE VINYLENES)
    FRANKEVICH, EL
    LYMAREV, AA
    SOKOLIK, I
    KARASZ, FE
    BLUMSTENGEL, S
    BAUGHMAN, RH
    HORHOLD, HH
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 46 (15): : 9320 - 9324
  • [4] ENHANCED ORDER AND ELECTRONIC DELOCALIZATION IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS ORIENTED BY GEL PROCESSING IN POLYETHYLENE
    HAGLER, TW
    PAKBAZ, K
    VOSS, KF
    HEEGER, AJ
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 44 (16): : 8652 - 8666
  • [5] SOLITONS IN CONDUCTING POLYMERS
    HEEGER, AJ
    KIVELSON, S
    SCHRIEFFER, JR
    SU, WP
    [J]. REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, 1988, 60 (03) : 781 - 850
  • [6] ELECTROABSORPTION IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    HORVATH, A
    BASSLER, H
    WEISER, G
    [J]. PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC RESEARCH, 1992, 173 (02): : 755 - 764
  • [7] FEMTOSECOND ENERGY RELAXATION IN PI-CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    KERSTING, R
    LEMMER, U
    MAHRT, RF
    LEO, K
    KURZ, H
    BASSLER, H
    GOBEL, EO
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, 70 (24) : 3820 - 3823
  • [8] KIESS HG, 1992, SPRINGER SERIES SOLI, V2, P175
  • [9] KOBAYASHI T, 1989, NONLINEAR OPTICS ORG
  • [10] PICOSECOND HOPPING RELAXATION IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    LEMMER, U
    MAHRT, RF
    WADA, Y
    GREINER, A
    BASSLER, H
    GOBEL, EO
    [J]. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 209 (03) : 243 - 246