Optics and Spectroscopy
Mathematical simulation of dual fluorescence quenching
V. A. Morozov, Nikolai D. Chuvylkin, Evgenii A. Smolenskii
Abstract
The dynamic quenching of dual fluorescence is simulated based on solving a system of equations for matrix elements of the statistical operator of a five-level model molecule three levels of which belong to its excited states. It is assumed that one of the excited states is resonantly populated by monochromatic irradiation, while the other two states are populated as a result of subsequent relaxation processes. These two states are initial states for transitions that emit dual fluorescence photons. Expressions for the population of the excited molecular states in the case of steady-state fluorescence are obtained taking into account their decay (quenching) due to collisions with foreign molecules of the environment. As applied to molecules with intramolecular hydrogen bonds, the dual fluorescence quenching is described more completely and in more detail compared to the description given in the literature based on the molecular model with two excited levels.