Solitons, polarons and their dynamics in mixed-valence halogen-bridged MX-chains
This article describes the photo-generation processes of elementary excitations such as solitons and polarons, and their dynamics in the one-dimensional (1D) halogen-bridged Pt compound [Pt(en) 2 Br](ClO 4 ) 2 . Spin-solitons were photo-generated via relaxation processes of CT excitons and self-trapped excitons, made evident by photo-induced absorption and photo-induced electron spin resonance spectra. Polarons were not generated from CT excitons. Diffusion of spin-solitons on the 1D chain was studied quantitatively by analysing 1 H NMR spin-lattice relaxation times ( T 1 ).