SITE-SELECTIVE FLUORESCENCE AND HOLE-BURNING SPECTROSCOPY OF MTHF GLASSES DOPED WITH TETRACENE OR PENTACENE

Site-selective fluorescence spectra of tetracene (TC) doped in a MTHF glass have been recorded as a function of excitation energy. Based upon the true inhomogeneous absorption profile of the TC S1 ← S0 origin determined via vibrational ZP emission intensities the true phonon wing has been evaluated employing an iterative numerical spectral convolution procedure. It is found that both phonon spectra and Debye-Waller factor are virtually constant (α = 0.55 ± 0.08) across the inhomogeneous absorption band as are hole-burning yields in MTHF:TC glasses if probed in the zero-phonon line fluorescence excitation mode. It is concluded that the distributions of both the rate constant for NPHB and the strength of electron-phonon coupling are uncorrelated with the electronic site excitation energies. © 1987.