Light scattering in large noble gas clusters irradiated by intense laser pulses was studied and compared to absorption measurements. The scattering signal shows the presence of a peak, when the pulse width was varied, similar to one previously reported in absorption measurements. The peak of the scattering, however, occurs at a longer pulse width than for absorption. This result disagrees with a simple simulation and may be due to propagation or non-linear effects not included in the model.

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• T. Ditmire, E. Springate, J. Tisch, Y. Shao, M. Mason, N. Hay, J. Marangos and M. Hutchinson, "Explosion of atomic clusters heated by high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses," Phys. Rev. A 57, 369-382 (1998). [CrossRef]
• C. Rose-Petruck, K. Schafer, K. Wilson and C. Barty, "Ultrafast electron dynamics and inner-shell ionization in laser driven clusters," Phys. Rev. A 55, 1182-1190 (1997). [CrossRef]
• A. McPherson, B. Thompson, A. Borlsov, K. Boyer and C. Rhodes, "Multiphoton-induced X-ray emission at 4-5 keV from Xe atoms with multiple core vacancies," Nature (London) 370, 631-634 (1994). [CrossRef]
• T. Ditmire, R. Smith, J. Tisch and M. Hutchinson, "High Intensity Laser Absorption by Gases of Atomic Clusters," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3121-3124 (1997). [CrossRef]
• Y. Shao, T. Ditmire, J. Tisch, E. Springate, J. Marangos and M. Hutchinson, "Multi-keV Electron Generation in the Interaction of Intense laser Pulses with Xe Clusters," Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3343-3346 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• T. Ditmire, J. Tisch, E. Springate, M. Mason, N. Hay, R. Smith, J. Marangos and M. Hutchinson, "High-energy ions produced in explosions of superheated atomic clusters," Nature (London) 386, 54-56 (1997). [CrossRef]
• J. Zweiback, T. Ditmire and M. Perry, "Femtosecond time-resolved studies of the dynamics of noble-gas cluster explosions," Phys. Rev. A 59, R3166-R3169 (1999). [CrossRef]
• L. Koller, M. Schumacher, J. Kohn, S. Teuber, J. Tiggesbaumker and K. Meiwes-Broer, "Plasmon-Enhanced Multi-Ionization of Small Metal Clusters in Strong Femtosecond Laser Fields," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3783-3786 (1999). [CrossRef]
• T. Ditmire, T. Donnelly, A. Rubenchik, R. Falcone and M. Perry, "Interaction of intense laser pulses with atomic clusters," Phys. Rev. A 53, 3379-3402 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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• V. Silin, "Nonlinear High-Frequency Plasma Conductivity," Sov. Phys. JETP 20, 1510-1516 (1965).
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