Excitation dynamics in disubstituted polyacetylene

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Science
Department Physics
Creator Vardeny, Zeev Valentine; Ehrenfreund, Eitan A.
Other Author Gontia, I.; Frolov, S. V.; Liess, M.; Tada, K.; Kajii, H.; Hidayat, R.; Fujii, A.; Yoshino, K.; Teraguchi, M.; Masuda, T.
Title Excitation dynamics in disubstituted polyacetylene
Date 1999-05
Description We studied the excitation dynamics in films of disubstituted polyacetylene, a degenerate ground-state conjugated polymer, using psec transient and steady-state spectroscopies. The polymer is found to support charged and neutral topological soliton excitations concurrent with a strong intrinsic photoluminescence band with quantum efficiency, η ≈50%. This leads to stimulated emission in thin films and lasing in cylindrical µ cavities. The seeming contradiction of a degenerate ground-state polymer with high η is explained by the lowest excited-state ordering.
Type Text
Publisher American Physical Society
Journal Title Physical Review Letters
Volume 82
Issue 20
First Page 4058
Last Page 4061
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4058
citatation_issn 0031-9007
Subject Excitation dynamics; Disubstituted polyacetylene; Laser action
Subject LCSH Polyacetylenes -- Optical properties; Solitons; Lasers
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Gontia, I., Frolov, S. V., Liess, M., Ehrenfreund, E., Vardeny, Z. V., Tada, K., Kajii, H., Fujii, A., Yoshino, K., Teraguchi, M., & Masuda, T. (1999). Excitation dynamics in disubstituted polyacetylene. Physical Review Letters, 82(20), 4058-61.
Rights Management (c) American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4058
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h13k2k
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