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Title: Exciton and biexciton signatures in femotosecond transient absorption of {pi}-conjugated oligomers

Abstract

The authors report femotosecond transient-absorption studies of a five-ring oligomer of polyphenylenevinylene (PPV) prepared in two different forms: as solid-state films and dilute solutions. Both types of samples exhibit a photoinduced absorption (PA) band with dynamics which closely match those of the stimulated emission (SE), demonstrating unambiguously that these features originate from the same species, namely from intrachain singlet excitons. Photo-chemical degradation of the solid-state samples is demonstrated to dramatically shorten the SE dynamics above a moderate incident pump fluence, whereupon the dynamics of the SE and the long-wavelength PA no longer coincide. In contrast to solutions, solid-state films exhibit an additional short-wavelength PA band with pump-independent dynamics, indicating the efficient formation of non-emissive inter-chain excitons. Correlations in the subpicosecond dynamics of the two PA features, as well as the pump intensity-dependence provide strong evidence that the formation of inter-chain excitons is mediated by intrachain two-exciton states. At high pump levels, the authors see a clear indication of interaction between excited states also in dilute solutions. This is manifested as a superlinear pump-dependence and shortening of the decay dynamics of the SE. They attribute this behavior to the formation of biexcitons resulting from coherent interaction between two excitons on amore » single chain.« less

Authors:
;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of Texas, Dallas, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
538028
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-97-3519; CONF-970706-
ON: DE98000245; TRN: 97:005459
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual meeting of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, San Diego, CA (United States), 27 Jul - 1 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
40 CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS

Citation Formats

Klimov, V, McBranch, D, Barashkov, N, and Ferraris, J. Exciton and biexciton signatures in femotosecond transient absorption of {pi}-conjugated oligomers. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Klimov, V, McBranch, D, Barashkov, N, & Ferraris, J. Exciton and biexciton signatures in femotosecond transient absorption of {pi}-conjugated oligomers. United States.
Klimov, V, McBranch, D, Barashkov, N, and Ferraris, J. 1997. "Exciton and biexciton signatures in femotosecond transient absorption of {pi}-conjugated oligomers". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/538028.
@article{osti_538028,
title = {Exciton and biexciton signatures in femotosecond transient absorption of {pi}-conjugated oligomers},
author = {Klimov, V and McBranch, D and Barashkov, N and Ferraris, J},
abstractNote = {The authors report femotosecond transient-absorption studies of a five-ring oligomer of polyphenylenevinylene (PPV) prepared in two different forms: as solid-state films and dilute solutions. Both types of samples exhibit a photoinduced absorption (PA) band with dynamics which closely match those of the stimulated emission (SE), demonstrating unambiguously that these features originate from the same species, namely from intrachain singlet excitons. Photo-chemical degradation of the solid-state samples is demonstrated to dramatically shorten the SE dynamics above a moderate incident pump fluence, whereupon the dynamics of the SE and the long-wavelength PA no longer coincide. In contrast to solutions, solid-state films exhibit an additional short-wavelength PA band with pump-independent dynamics, indicating the efficient formation of non-emissive inter-chain excitons. Correlations in the subpicosecond dynamics of the two PA features, as well as the pump intensity-dependence provide strong evidence that the formation of inter-chain excitons is mediated by intrachain two-exciton states. At high pump levels, the authors see a clear indication of interaction between excited states also in dilute solutions. This is manifested as a superlinear pump-dependence and shortening of the decay dynamics of the SE. They attribute this behavior to the formation of biexcitons resulting from coherent interaction between two excitons on a single chain.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/538028}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
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