Dynamics of photoexcitation and stimulated optical emission in conjugated polymers: A multiscale quantum-chemistry and Maxwell-Bloch-equations approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Schumacher, Stefan ^a   Galbraith, Ian ^a   Ruseckas, Arvydas ^b   Turnbull, Graham A ^b   Samuel, Ifor D W ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956301537     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245407     Document Type: Article

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