Determination of the triplet state lifetime of vibrationally excited C-60

• The lifetime of the ground triplet state of vibrationally excited C-60 has been determined in a two-color pump-probe experiment. An intense pump pulse (337 nm, 4 ns) was used to excite the neutral molecules. The triplet state was probed via single photon ionization with a weak probe pulse (193 nm). The lifetime was found to be on the order of 1 mus. This is rather low to explain recent delayed ionization results but higher than expected from an extrapolation of earlier measurements at lower temperatures. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

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THERMIONIC EMISSION; DELAYED IONIZATION; SUPERSONIC BEAM; DECAY; FRAGMENTATION; ENERGY; FULLERENES; PYRAZINE; C60; C70

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