Spectral redshifts in the intense laser-cluster interaction
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We study spectral shifts in intense ultrashort laser pulses propagating in clustered gas jets. Forward- and side-scattered laser pulse spectra were measured as a function of pulse width for chirped pulses, and the forward spectrum and absorption were measured for variably delayed colinear $2\ensuremath{\omega}$ probe pulses. The observation of redshifts is consistent with our model of rapidly increasing cluster polarizability early in the laser-heated cluster explosion. In addition, there is a blueshift contribution implying the presence of unclustered atoms in the jet. Simulations of intense pulse propagation in cluster jets are in reasonable agreement with the chirped pulse experiment.
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