Two-Color Coherent Control of $\mathbf{D_{2}^{+}}$*

It has long been known that adjusting the delay between the colors in an intense two-color field can be used to coherently control molecular dynamics [1]. Because of this access to control, the study of two-color dissociation has become increasingly important. We present theoretical and experimental results for the dissociation of $\mathrm{D_{2}^{+}}$ in an intense two-color laser field. We have studied the nuclear kinetic energy release and the asymmetry of the dissociated fragments as a function of the delay between $\sim$40 fs long ultraviolet (395 nm) and infrared (790 nm) pulses. We solved the time-dependent Schrodinger equation in the Born-Oppenheimer representation including all degrees of freedom except ionization. \\[4pt] [1] P. Brumer and M. Shapiro, Annu. Rev. of Phys. Chem. 43, 257 (1992)