DIRECT OBSERVATION OF TRANSITION FROM DELAYED IONIZATION TO DIRECT IONIZATION FOR FREE C-60 AND C-70 - THERMIONIC EMISSION

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ZHANG, Y [1 ]
STUKE, M [1 ]
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST BIOPHYS CHEM, W-3400 GOTTINGEN, GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3231
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O4 [物理学];
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Transition from direct ionization to delayed ionization for free C60 and C70 is observed below the ionization potential (IP = 7.5 eV). It depends on the excitation wavelength as well as the pulse energy. The appearance threshold for direct ionization is found at approximately 5.8 eV. These can hardly be explained by thermionic emission; therefore, we propose that triplet states at approximately 1.7 eV (= 7.5 - 5.8 eV) should play an important role in the multiphoton ionization of free C60 and C70 and the intramolecular interaction of many triplet states gives rise to delayed ionization. To confirm our proposition, we have carried out further experiments using two laser ionization.
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