The photophysical; properties of the first crown ether-bearing [60]fullerop
yrrolidine(CFP) have been studied. The absorption and fluorescence spectra
are hypsochromically shifted by metal ions complexation via intramolecular
electron transfer. The third-order optical nonlinearity of CFP is measured
by time-resolved degenerate four-wave mixing experiment. The third-order op
tical susceptibility chi(3) of CFP is 8.97x10(-14) esu. The nonlinear optic
al temporal response is second-order exponential, the: fast process is dete
rmined as 120 ps.