Optical readout of singlet fission biexcitons in a heteroacene with photoluminescence detected magnetic resonance

Gajadhar Joshi; Ryan D. Dill; Karl J. Thorley; John E. Anthony; Obadiah G. Reid; Justin C. Johnson

doi:10.1063/5.0103662

Optical readout of singlet fission biexcitons in a heteroacene with photoluminescence detected magnetic resonance

Gajadhar Joshi, Ryan D. Dill, Karl J. Thorley, John E. Anthony, Obadiah G. Reid, Justin C. Johnson

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Molecular spin systems based on photoexcited triplet pairs formed via singlet fission (SF) are attractive as carriers of quantum information because of their potentially pure and controllable spin polarization, but developing systems that offer optical routes to readout as well as initialization is challenging. Herein, we characterize the electron spin magnetic resonance change in the photoluminescence intensity for a tailored organic molecular crystal while sweeping a microwave drive up to 10 GHz in a broadband loop structure. We observe resonant transitions for both triplet and quintet spin sublevel populations showing their optical sensitivity and revealing the zero-field parameters for each. We map the evolution of these spectra in both microwave frequency and magnetic field, producing a pattern of optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) peaks. Fits to these data using a suitable model suggest significant spin polarization in this system with orientation selectivity. Unusual excitation intensity dependence is also observed, which inverts the sign of the ODMR signal for the triplet features, but not for the quintet. These observations demonstrate optical detection of the spin sublevel population dictated by SF and intermolecular geometry, and highlight anisotropic and multi-scale dynamics of triplet pairs.

Original language	English
Article number	164702
Journal	Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume	157
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0103662
State	Published - Oct 28 2022

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We thank Brandon Rugg and Kori Smyser for useful discussions. This work was authored by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, the manager and operator of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308. Funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Biosciences, and Geosciences. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this work, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes.

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Optical readout of singlet fission biexcitons in a heteroacene with photoluminescence detected magnetic resonance

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