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Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Jan 31;90(4):047402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.047402. Epub 2003 Jan 31.

Time domain investigation of the intrachain vibrational dynamics of a prototypical light-emitting conjugated polymer.

Physical review letters

G Lanzani, G Cerullo, C Brabec, N S Sariciftci

Affiliations

  1. National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science-INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.

PMID: 12570458 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.047402

Abstract

Coherent nuclear motion of the carbon backbone is monitored in real time in substituted poly(phenylene)-vinylene in both excited and ground electronic state using sub-10-fs light pulses. Characteristic features of the intrachain vibrational dynamics are obtained. We observe vibrational dephasing in the excited state within 1 ps (time constant T(2e) approximately 300 fs). These findings are in agreement with the molecular picture for photoexcitation in conjugated polymers.

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