Extremely efficient exciton fission and fusion and its dominant contribution to the photoluminescence yield in rubrene single crystals

Journal Article · Mon Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4857095· OSTI ID:22253263

Biaggio, Ivan; Irkhin, Pavel ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 (United States)

Measurements of photoluminescence yield over a wide range of excitation power in rubrene single crystals reveal a transition between a low-yield region and a region with a yield more than an order of magnitude larger. This transition occurs at an excitation density of 3 × 10{sup 20} cm{sup −3} absorbed photons per second. This power dependence is predicted in case of an extremely efficient conversion between singlet and triplet excitons through fission and fusion. Triplet fusion starts contributing to rubrene's photoluminescence already at intensities of a few mW/cm{sup 2} at room temperature, corresponding to triplet densities of ∼10{sup 16} cm{sup −3}.

• OSTI ID: 22253263
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 26; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
EXCITATION
EXCITONS
MONOCRYSTALS
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
PHOTONS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
TRIPLETS
YIELDS