Communications Chemistry (May 2021)
Real-time observation of a correlation-driven sub 3 fs charge migration in ionised adenine
- Erik P. Månsson,
- Simone Latini,
- Fabio Covito,
- Vincent Wanie,
- Mara Galli,
- Enrico Perfetto,
- Gianluca Stefanucci,
- Hannes Hübener,
- Umberto De Giovannini,
- Mattea C. Castrovilli,
- Andrea Trabattoni,
- Fabio Frassetto,
- Luca Poletto,
- Jason B. Greenwood,
- François Légaré,
- Mauro Nisoli,
- Angel Rubio,
- Francesca Calegari
Affiliations
- Erik P. Månsson
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Simone Latini
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free Electron Laser Science
- Fabio Covito
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free Electron Laser Science
- Vincent Wanie
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Mara Galli
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Enrico Perfetto
- CNR-ISM, Division of Ultrafast Processes in Materials (FLASHit)
- Gianluca Stefanucci
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata
- Hannes Hübener
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free Electron Laser Science
- Umberto De Giovannini
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free Electron Laser Science
- Mattea C. Castrovilli
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies CNR-IFN
- Andrea Trabattoni
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Fabio Frassetto
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies CNR-IFN
- Luca Poletto
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies CNR-IFN
- Jason B. Greenwood
- Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Maths and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- François Légaré
- INRS-EMT
- Mauro Nisoli
- Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies CNR-IFN
- Angel Rubio
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free Electron Laser Science
- Francesca Calegari
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00510-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Sudden ionisation of larger molecules can initiate a correlation-driven process called charge migration, but due to its short time scale this process is challenging to observe. Here, the authors ionise adenine with extreme ultraviolet light and observe electron correlation in the molecule at the attosecond scale in real-time.
