Sub-Picosecond Grating Measurements of the Resonant Energy Transfer in Cresyl Violet Solutions

Abstract

Electronic excitation transfer in disordered systems, such as solutions or amorphous solids, is of great importance in a large majority of fields, e.g. in the sensitization and quenching of photophysical an photochemical primary processes, or the collection of light energy in technical or natural antenna systems (photosynthesis). Therefore the dynamics and spatial mobility of excited-state energy transport in disordered systems has received considerable attention both with respect to experimental determination and theoretical description.