FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS OF PHOTOGENERATED SOLITONS AND POLARONS IN TRANS-POLYACETYLENE

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作者
ROTHBERG, L [1 ]
JEDJU, TM [1 ]
TOWNSEND, PD [1 ]
ETEMAD, S [1 ]
BAKER, GL [1 ]
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[1] BELL COMMUN RES INC,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.100
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Intrachain and interchain excitations are clearly identified by polarized time-resolved absorption studies of photoinduced midgap bands in well-aligned trans-polyacetylene. We report spectroscopic evidence of the lattice deformation during intrachain photogeneration of charged soliton pairs, and see these pairs recombine geminatley in <2 ps. For incident polarization perpendicular to the chain direction, our data also show that interchain electron-hole pair excitation occurs with fairly high quantum yield and leads to polaron formation. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:100 / 103
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