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Charge migration initiated by isolated attosecond pulses was experimentally observed in the amino-acid phenylalanine. An oscillatory pattern in the yield of a doubly-charged ion was measured with periods below 4.5-fs.
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We acknowledge support from ERC (grants no. 227355 ELYCHE and 290853 XCHEM), from LASERLAB-EUROPE (no. 284464), from European COST Action CM1204 XLIC, the MICINN Project FIS2010-15127, the ERA-Chemistry Project PIM2010EEC-00751, the European Grants MC-ITN CORINF and MC-RG ATTOTREND 268284, the UK’s STFC Laser Loan Scheme, the Eng. and Phys. Sciences Res. Council (grant EP/J007048/1), the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2012-735), and the Northern Ireland Department of Employment and Learning.
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Calegari, F. et al. (2015). Sub-4-fs Charge Migration in Phenylalanine. In: Yamanouchi, K., Cundiff, S., de Vivie-Riedle, R., Kuwata-Gonokami, M., DiMauro, L. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XIX. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 162. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13242-6_13
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