Charge carrier photogeneration in titanyl phthalocyanine was investiga
ted by means of fluorescence and photocurrent measurements, under samp
le excitation by two time-separated ultrashort light pulses. Exciton-e
xciton annihilation was employed to obtain information on the time cou
rse of the fluorescence and generation processes. Charge carriers were
found to be generated during only a short time interval after the exc
iton was created. This interval is much shorter than the fluorescence
state lifetime.