title: Excitation of C60 using a chirped free electron laser.
abstract: Gas phase C60 is resonantly excited using picosecond infrared (IR) pulses from a free electron laser. The excitation can be very high, reaching levels where the thermal emission of electrons from C60 is observed. The excitation is much more efficient when the IR radiation is chirped to lower frequencies during the excitation process. The excitation process is modeled and the results are compared to the experiment.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Von Helden
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Holleman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sartakov