Electronic quantum coherence in glycine molecules probed with ultrashort x-ray pulses in real time

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Here, we use x-rays to create and probe quantum coherence in the photoionized amino acid glycine. The outgoing photoelectron leaves behind the cation in a coherent superposition of quantum mechanical eigenstates. Delayed x-ray pulses track the induced coherence through resonant x-ray absorption that induces Auger decay and by photoelectron emission from sequential double photoionization. Sinusoidal temporal modulation of the detected signal at early times (0 to 25 fs) is observed in both measurements. Advanced ab initio many-electron simulations allow us to explain the first 25 fs of the detected coherent quantum evolution in terms of the electronic coherence. In the kinematically complete x-ray absorption measurement, we monitor its dynamics for a period of 175 fs and observe an evolving modulation that may implicate the coupling of electronic to vibronic coherence at longer time scales. Our experiment provides a direct support for the existence of long-lived electronic coherence in photoionized biomolecules.

Abstract

The quantum mechanically evolving electron charge distribution in glycine molecules is monitored via direct real-time measurement.

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David Schwickert:

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Marco Ruberti:

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Přemysl Kolorenč:

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Sergey Usenko:

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Andreas Przystawik:

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Karolin Baev:

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Ivan Baev:

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Markus Braune:

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Lars Bocklage:

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Marie Kristin Czwalinna:

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Sascha Deinert: Role: InvestigationRole: Resources

Stefan Düsterer:

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Andreas Hans:

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Gregor Hartmann: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: SoftwareRole: Validation

Christian Haunhorst: Role: Resources

Marion Kuhlmann: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: ValidationRole: Writing - review & editing

Steffen Palutke:

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Ralf Röhlsberger:

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Juliane Rönsch-Schulenburg: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Validation

Philipp Schmidt:

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Sven Toleikis: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Resources

Jens Viefhaus:

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Michael Martins:

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André Knie: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Writing - review & editing

Detlef Kip:

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Vitali Averbukh:

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Jon P. Marangos:

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Tim Laarmann:

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Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sci Adv

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Sci Adv

Journal ID (publisher-id): sciadv

Journal ID (hwp): advances

Title: Science Advances

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science

ISSN (Electronic): 2375-2548

Publication date Collection: June 2022

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 01 June 2022

Volume: 8

Issue: 22

Electronic Location Identifier: eabn6848

Affiliations

[1 ]Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.

[2 ]Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

[3 ]Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic.

[4 ]Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.

[5 ]The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging CUI, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.

[6 ]Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany.

[7 ]Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Helmut Schmidt University, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg, Germany.

[8 ]Helmholtz Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany.

[9 ]Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI), Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.

[10 ]Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany.

[11 ]Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.

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[* ]Corresponding author. Email: tim.laarmann@ 123456desy.de

[†]

Present address: European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld 22869, Germany.

Author information

David Schwickert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-7426

Marco Ruberti https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-3643

Přemysl Kolorenč https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0747-4546

Sergey Usenko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-5267

Andreas Przystawik https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2217-0241

Karolin Baev https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-6318

Ivan Baev https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0714-9070

Markus Braune https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2091-4585

Lars Bocklage https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9769-4173

Marie Kristin Czwalinna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7651-4660

Stefan Düsterer https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-1327

Andreas Hans https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4176-4766

Steffen Palutke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8693-2674

Ralf Röhlsberger https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-5183

Philipp Schmidt https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-6998

Jens Viefhaus https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1154-0750

Michael Martins https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-5029

Detlef Kip https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-0113

Vitali Averbukh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7999-0075

Jon P. Marangos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7169-6955

Tim Laarmann https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-8536

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Publisher ID: abn6848

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn6848

PMC ID: 9159702

PubMed ID: 35648864

SO-VID: 41ed956f-4874-40b9-a9c8-24e6a474d549

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