Description
Book SynopsisSpurred on by extensive research in recent years, organic semiconductors are now used in an array of areas, such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), photovoltaics, and other optoelectronics. In all of these novel applications, the photoexcitations in organic semiconductors play a vital role. Exploring the early stages of photoexcitations that follow photon absorption, Ultrafast Dynamics and Laser Action of Organic Semiconductors presents the latest research investigations on photoexcitation ultrafast dynamics and laser action in pi-conjugated polymer films, solutions, and microcavities.
In the first few chapters, the book examines the interplay of charge (polarons) and neutral (excitons) photoexcitations in pi-conjugated polymers, oligomers, and molecular crystals in the time domain of 100 fs2 ns. Summarizing the state of the art in lasing, the final chapters introduce the phenomenon of laser action in organics and cover the latest optoelectronic
Table of Contents
Preface. Ultrafast Photoexcitation Dynamics in pi-Conjugated Polymers. Universality in the Photophysics of pi-Conjugated Polymers and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Mechanism of Carrier Photogeneration and Carrier Transport in pi-Conjugated Polymers and Molecular Crystals. Conformational Disorder and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers. Laser Action in pi-Conjugated Polymers. Ultrafast Photonics in Polymer Nanostructures. Index.
