Photoexcited carrier relaxation dynamics in pentacene probed by ultrafast optical spectroscopy: Influence of morphology on relaxation processes

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 404, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3127-3130

  Thorsmolle V K ^a,b   Averitt, R D ^a,c   Demsar, J ^a,d,e   Smith, D L ^a   Tretiak, S ^a   Martin, R L ^a   Chi, X ^a,f   Crone, B K ^a   Ramirez, A P ^a,g   Taylor, A J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^e JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^g LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic semiconductors; Sample morphology; Ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DECAY CHANNELS; DOPED FILMS; ELECTRON TRAPPING; FREE CARRIERS; GAP-EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PENTACENE CRYSTALS; PENTACENE FILM; PENTACENE SINGLE CRYSTALS; PENTACENES; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; PHOTOEXCITED STATE; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; SAMPLE MORPHOLOGY; SINGLET-TRIPLET; TRIPLET STATE; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY;

MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PUMPING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 70349148995     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2009.07.063     Document Type: Article

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