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AUTHOR
Andrea Trabattoni
Correlation-driven sub-3 fs charge migration in ionised adenine
Sudden ionisation of a relatively large molecule can initiate a correlation-driven process dubbed charge migration, where the electron density distribution is expected to rapidly change. Capturing this few-femtosecond/attosecond charge redistribution represents the real-time observation of the electron correlation in the molecule. So far, there has been no experimental evidence of this process. Here we report on a time-resolved study of the correlation-driven charge migration process occurring in the bio-relevant molecule adenine after ionisation by a 15-35 eV attosecond pulse . We find that, the production of intact doubly charged adenine - via a shortly-delayed laser-induced second ionisa…
Strong-field physics in the molecular frame
XXI International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena 2018, UP 2018, Hamburg, Germany, 15 Jul 2018 - 20 Jul 2018; The European physical journal / Web of Conferences 205, 07002 (2019). doi:10.1051/epjconf/201920507002
Ultrafast dynamics of adenine following XUV ionization
JPhys photonics 4, 034003 (2022). doi:10.1088/2515-7647/ac6ea5 special issue: "Focus on Nanophotonics and Biophotonics for Biomedical and Environmental Applications"
Setting the photoelectron clock through molecular alignment
The interaction of strong laser fields with matter intrinsically provides a powerful tool for imaging transient dynamics with an extremely high spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we study strong-field ionisation of laser-aligned molecules, and show a full real-time picture of the photoelectron dynamics in the combined action of the laser field and the molecular interaction. We demonstrate that the molecule has a dramatic impact on the overall strong-field dynamics: it sets the clock for the emission of electrons with a given rescattering kinetic energy. This result represents a benchmark for the seminal statements of molecular-frame strong-field physics and has strong impact on the interpreta…
New perspectives in time-resolved laser-induced electron diffraction
Journal of physics / B 56(5), 054002 (2023). doi:10.1088/1361-6455/acb872