Picosecond photoinduced dichroism in trans-(CH)x: Direct measurement of soliton diffusion

Z. Vardeny, J. Strait, D. Moses, T. C. Chung, A. J. Heeger

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Abstract

Photoinduced dichroism caused by bleaching of the interband transition in trans-(CH)x was observed in the picosecond time domain. The bleaching is induced instantaneously and decays with time as t-12, changing to a lower power after ∼50 psec. Although the photoinduced bleaching persists to long times, polarization memory is lost after ∼10-9 sec. The results provide a measurement of the diffusion constant of the charged excitations; 2×10-2 cm2 sec-1 at 300 and 80 K.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1657-1660
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume49
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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