The four-level stimulated emission in sexithiophene single crystals

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Garnier, F [1 ]
Horowitz, G [1 ]
Valat, P [1 ]
Kouki, F [1 ]
Wintgens, V [1 ]
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[1] CNRS, Mat Mol Lab, F-94320 Thiais, France
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10.1063/1.121284
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Single crystal of conjugated sexithiophene oligomer shows stimulated emission when excited with a low-energy photonic pulse. This phenomenon is interpreted in terms of the excitonic energy diagram of the crystal, which presents a four-level pathway for the photoexcitation and emission, similar to the one observed in classical inorganic-based laser materials. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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