Femtosecond pump–probe investigation of primary photoinduced processes in C60–Sn nanostructures

Summary, in English

Investigation of photoinduced processes in different C60–Sn nanostructures excited by 150 fs laser pulses at 400 nm (109 W/cm2) was performed with femtosecond supercontinuum probing of difference absorption and reflection in the spectral range of 400–1600 nm. The dynamics of relaxation are quite different for various nanostructures depending on the deposition mode and the ratio of tin and fullerene content. Non-monotonic relaxation, observed in the samples with Sn nanocrystallites, is explained by electron exchange between C60 and the metal.