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A Method of Laser Coloration in Experiments on Filamentation of Individual Impulses and the Formation of a Light Bullet in a Homogeneous Transparent Dielectrics

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The advantages of using the method of laser coloration for investigation of specific features of filamentation in homogeneous transparent dielectrics are described. The results of several experiments conducted with a lithium fluoride crystal by this method are presented. The possibility is shown of obtaining data on the structure of the light field in a filament formed by a single laser pulse and processing them at a substantially later time after the experiment, which is not available by using other methods, allowed observing a plasma-free regime of filamentation, detecting single-cycle light bullets, and demonstrating their robustness.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 18-12-00422.

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Chekalin, S.V., Kompanets, V.O. A Method of Laser Coloration in Experiments on Filamentation of Individual Impulses and the Formation of a Light Bullet in a Homogeneous Transparent Dielectrics. Opt. Spectrosc. 127, 88–94 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X19070051

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