Absorption profile and femtosecond intraband relaxation of the intense upper Davydov component in oligothiophenes
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Yksityiskohdat
| Alkuperäiskieli | Englanti |
|---|---|
| Sivut | 412-415 |
| Sivumäärä | 4 |
| Julkaisu | Physica Status Solidi B: Basic Solid State Physics |
| Vuosikerta | 248 |
| Numero | 2 |
| DOI - pysyväislinkit | |
| Tila | Julkaistu - helmikuuta 2011 |
| OKM-julkaisutyyppi | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli |
Tiivistelmä
The diffuse shape of the high-energy absorption band observed in oligothiophene crystals is interpreted in terms of Fano-type mixing between the discrete upper Davydov component at k=0 and the continuum of phonon-accompanied exciton states at other values of crystal momentum. In temporal domain, this mixing is viewed as a crystal version of radiationless transition, and is followed by subsequent intra-band exciton relaxation due to scattering processes with phonon release. The rates of energy dissipation in these latter processes, mediated by different intramolecular vibrational modes, are estimated from a simple expression based on the Fermi golden rule. Depopulation of long-lived vibronic intermediates, acting as bottlenecks, is attributed to thermally activated processes with absorption of low-frequency phonons. All essential input parameters are obtained from independent nonempirical calculations. The results are in excellent agreement both with the experimentally observed absorption band shapes and with energy-dependent femtosecond dynamics afforded by measurements of sexithiophene (6T) fluorescence and photoinduced absorption.