V. P. Kandidov, E. D. Zaloznaya, A. E. Dormidonov, V. O. Kompanets, S. V. Chekalin, “Light bullets in transparent dielectrics”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2022, Volume 52, Number 3,Pages <nobr>233

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Modern nonlinear optics

Light bullets in transparent dielectrics

V. P. Kandidov^ab, E. D. Zaloznaya^ab, A. E. Dormidonov^b, V. O. Kompanets^b, S. V. Chekalin^b

^a Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
^b Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow

Abstract: This paper presents a retrospective analysis of the development of notions in nonlinear optics: from beam self-focusing and pulse filamentation to light bullets – wave packets extremely compressed in space and time during laser light propagation in the bulk of a transparent medium. We describe the state of the art in studies of mid-IR light bullets in condensed media and air.

Keywords: self-focusing, filamentation, light bullets, supercontinuum, anti-Stokes wing, wave packet.

Received: 11.12.2021
Revised: 08.02.2022
Accepted: 08.02.2022