We describe a method for obtaining the polaron spin-lattice relaxation time T{SL} in pi-conjugated polymers by measuring the optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) dynamics as a function of microwave power and laser intensity. The peculiar ODMR dynamics is well described by a spin dependent recombination model where both recombination and spin relaxation rates determine together the response dynamics. We apply this method to the spin 1/2 ODMR in films of pristine 2-methoxy-5-(2{'}-ethylhexyloxy) phenylene vinylene [MEH-PPV] polymer, as well as MEH-PPV doped with various concentrations of radical impurities. We obtained T{SL} approximately 30 micros in pristine MEH-PPV, but substantially shorter when the magnetic impurities are added.
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