TY - JOUR
T1 - Breathers and photoinduced absorption in polyacetylene
AU - Bishop, A. R.
AU - Campbell, D. K.
AU - Lomdahl, P. S.
AU - Horovitz, B.
AU - Phillpot, S. R.
PY - 1984/1/1
Y1 - 1984/1/1
N2 - The dynamics of trans-polyacetylene is studied within the adiabatic model of Su, Schrieffer, and Heeger. A single soliton has a maximum velocity, vm, which can be higher than the sound velocity. A long-time simulation shows that, from an initial electron-hole pair, a soliton and antisoliton emerge with velocities vm and that a persistent breather is left behind. This breather may account for the high-energy intragap structure observed in photoinduced absorption, including isotope dependence.
AB - The dynamics of trans-polyacetylene is studied within the adiabatic model of Su, Schrieffer, and Heeger. A single soliton has a maximum velocity, vm, which can be higher than the sound velocity. A long-time simulation shows that, from an initial electron-hole pair, a soliton and antisoliton emerge with velocities vm and that a persistent breather is left behind. This breather may account for the high-energy intragap structure observed in photoinduced absorption, including isotope dependence.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.671
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.671
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000712968
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 52
SP - 671
EP - 674
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 8
ER -