• DocumentCode
    690033
  • Title

    Ultrafast electron transfer in an amino acid induced by attosecond pulses

  • Author

    Belshaw, L. ; Calegari, Francesca ; Duffy, M.J. ; Trabattoni, Andrea ; Frassetto, F. ; Poletto, L. ; Nisoli, Mauro ; Greenwood, J.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Math. & Phys., Queen´s Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigated the ultrafast charge-migration in the amino-acid phenylalanine. By measuring the yield of a doubly-charged ion vs. delay between a 1.5-fs XUV pulse and a 6-fs pulse, a 30-fs charge migration process was measured.
  • Keywords
    charge exchange; high-speed optical techniques; molecular biophysics; molecule-photon collisions; organic compounds; XUV pulse; amino acid; doubly-charged ion; phenylalanine; time 1.5 fs; time 30 fs; time 6 fs; ultrafast charge-migration; ultrafast electron transfer; Amino acids; Charge measurement; Delays; Ionization; Probes; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834425