Magnetic field effects (MFEs) on
singlet fission were studied by observing fluorescence from organic
crystal of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene under magnetic fields of
up to 5 T. We found anomalous MFE dips at magnetic fields higher than
2 T, in addition to the known MFEs which saturated around 1 T. The
observed results were analyzed by using the stochastic Liouville equation
(SLE) in which a distance-dependent exchange interaction (J) in triplet pair, hopping of triplet, and geminate fusion
in contacted triplet pair were incorporated. The SLE analysis revealed
that the observed dips were caused by a MFE due to the level crossing
mechanism and strongly suggested that the contacted triplet pair has
a large J, which has been ignored in the previous
model of MFEs on the singlet fission. Present results lead to the
conclusion that the initial dissociation of the singlet exciton to
the contacted triplet pair does not show the MFE and the triplet pair
at a separated distance produced by hopping of the
triplet plays an important role on the generation of the MFE on the
singlet fission.
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