LIMITING DYNAMICS OF C60 IN SOLID MATRICES

We study the limiting dynamics of C60-doped porous sol-gel glasses by single- and double-pulse pump-probe experiments. We find that, contrary to crystalline films of C60, reverse saturable absorption (RSA) of these solid samples can be described by a 5-level model developed for C60-solutions. We observe an ultrafast rise time, a large transmission-decrease at high fluence, a shortened singlet-state lifetime as compared to solutions, but nevertheless an important triplet yield. We explain differences with respect to solutions by the absence of stabilizing aromatic solvents and by the interaction of the amorphous environment with the molecules, broadening considerably the spectral features of RSA.