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Dynamics of photoexcited states in one-dimensional dimerized Mott insulators Nobuya Maeshima1, 2, ∗ and Kenji Yonemitsu2, 3 1Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan 2Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan 3Department of Functional Molecular Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan (Dated: February 6, 2008) 6 Dynamical properties of photoexcited states are theoretically studied in a one-dimensional Mott 0 insulator dimerized by the spin-Peierls instability. Numerical calculations combined with a per- 0 turbative analysis have revealed that the lowest photoexcited state without nearest-neighbor in- 2 teraction corresponds to an interdimer charge transfer excitation that belongs to dispersive exci- p tations. This excited state destabilizes the dimerized phase, leading to a photoinduced inverse e spin-Peierls transition. We discuss the purely electronic origin of midgap states that are observed S in a latest photoexcitation experiment of an organic spin-Peierls compound, K-TCNQ (potassium- tetracyanoquinodimethane). 8 PACS numbers: 78.20.Bh, 71.35.-y, 71.10.Fd ] l e - r I. INTRODUCTION ation of a pulsed laser weakens the lattice dimerization of t K-TCNQ in the dimerized phase, which is regarded as a s t