Directional deprotonation ionization of acetylene in asymmetric two-color laser fields

We experimentally investigate the deprotonation dissociative double ionization of an acetylene molecule by an asymmetric two-color laser pulse. We find that the ejection direction of the proton, and hence the directional C–H bond breaking of a polyatomic hydrocarbon molecule, can be controlled by finely tuning the phase of a two-color laser pulse. (paper)