Strong few-cycle light fields with stable electric field waveforms allow controlling electrons on time scales down to the attosecond domain. We have studied the dissociative ionization of randomly oriented DCl in 5 fs light fields at 720 nm in the tunneling regime. Momentum distributions of D~+ and Cl~+ fragments were recorded via velocity-map imaging. A waveform-dependent anti-correlated directional emission of D~+ and Cl~+ fragments is observed. Comparison of our results with calculations indicates that tailoring of the light field via the carrier envelope phase permits the control over the orientation of DCl~+ and in turn the directional emission of charged fragments upon the breakup of the molecular ion.
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