Picosecond time resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of a tetracene film on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite: dynamical relaxation, trap emission, and superradiance.
A detailed time resolved investigation of the photoluminescence of a thin tetracene film deposited on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite is presented. In agreement with Lim et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 107402 (2004)], we find strong evidence for superradiance: an increase of the relative intensity of the pure electronic transition with respect to the vibronic sideband and a concomitant decrease of the radiative lifetime from 10 to 1.83 ns upon cooling from 300 to 4 K. For lower temperatures, a redshift (approximately 200 cm(-1)) of the free exciton is observed. Previously, this shift was attributed to a structural phase transition. Our time resolved spectra reveal that the spectral shift is related to a dynamical relaxation process which occurs within the first 50 ps.
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Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie der Universität Bonn, Wegelerstrasse 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
Langner
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Schouwink
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Lupton
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Mahrt
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Sokolowski
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