Picosecond Transient Photoconductivity in Functionalized Pentacene Molecular Crystals Probed by Terahertz Pulse Spectroscopy

F. A. Hegmann, R. R. Tykwinski, K. P.H. Lui, J. E. Bullock, J. E. Anthony

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Abstract

We have measured transient photoconductivity in functionalized pentacene molecular crystals using ultrafast optical pump–terahertz probe techniques. The single crystal samples were excited using 800 nm, 100 fs pulses, and the change in transmission of time-delayed, subpicosecond terahertz pulses was used to probe the photoconducting state over a temperature range from 10 to 300 K. A subpicosecond rise in photoconductivity is observed, suggesting that mobile carriers are a primary photoexcitation. At times longer than 4 ps, a power-law decay is observed consistent with dispersive transport.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume89
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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