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- The study focuses on ultrafast electron transfer from a dye molecule to a nanosized semiconductor, utilizing pump-probe experiments where the electron transfer occurs faster than vibrational relaxation.
- The research incorporates theoretical treatments for analyzing the dynamics of electron transfer, including both population and coherence, using the density matrix method.
- The paper demonstrates theoretical results based on real experimental data from a specific dye/semiconductor system, highlighting the calculation of a single-level electron transfer rate constant.
Article Abstract
In studying ultrafast electron transfer from a dye molecule to a nanosized semiconductor particle, pump-probe experiments are commonly used. In this system the electron transfer (ET) rate is faster than vibrational relaxation so that the ET rate should be described by a single-level rate constant and the probing signal (often in the form of time-resolved spectra) contains the contribution from the dynamics of both population and coherence (i.e., wave packet). In this paper, we shall present the theoretical treatments for femtosecond time-resolved pump-probe experiment and the dynamics of population and coherence by the density matrix method, and the calculation of single-level ET rate constant involved in a pump-probe experiment. As an application, we show the theoretical results using parameters extracted from experiments on a specific dye/semiconductor system.
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