Abstract
The effect of anharmonicity on the non-radiative transition in large molecules is examined within the Morse potential surface model. The vibrational wavefunctions are assumed to be the product of the harmonic and Morse oscillator wavefunctions. The method of factorization introduced by Gelbart et al. is used for the evaluation of a density weighted Franck-Condon factor. As an example, we choose the intersystem crossing 3 B 1u→1 A 1g in benzene. The numerical calculation shows that the anharmonicity causes an increase by a numerical factor ∼ 103 in the non-radiative transition rate. The electronic energy distribution over the vibrational modes in the final state is determined and compared with that obtained using the harmonic potential surface model.
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