Electric-field-induced spin accumulation in polymer light-emitting diodes.

An electric-field-induced spin accumulation phenomenon is presented for electroluminescent conjugated polymers as light-emitting diodes (LEDs). When an electric field is applied along a polymer chain and exceeds a critical value, it quenches the luminescence and dissociates the singlet exciton into two carriers with opposite spin signs. Simultaneously, the field drives these two opposite spin carriers to move in opposite directions, leading to spin accumulation at the two ends of the organic material LED, which can be detected through Kerr rotation microscopy.