Fig. 5: Strong-field laser-induced fragmentation of benzene timers.
a Schematic view of the experimental geometry with a circularly polarized laser pulse (40 fs). The \({({{{{{{{{\rm{C}}}}}}}}}_{6}{{{{{{{{\rm{H}}}}}}}}}_{6})}_{3}\) trimer from supersonic expansion is triply ionized by the strong-field fs laser, leading to the formation of three C6H\({}_{6}^{+}\) cations in the Coulomb explosion, which are detected in coincidence using a time- and position-sensitive detector with a uniform electric field. b–d Measured KER distribution (b), Dalitz plot (c), and Newton diagram (d) for C6H\({}_{6}^{+}\) + C6H\({}_{6}^{+}\) + C6H\({}_{6}^{+}\) three-body Coulomb explosion channel. The color bar is linear with arbitrary units. Source data in Fig. 5b–d are provided as a source data file.
