We study the influence of the gravitational force on the generation of low-density channels of air left in the path of femtosecond laser filaments at high repetition rate. We observe a more important density variation along the filament longitudinal axis in the case of a vertically created filament as compared to a horizontal one. This leads to a more important reduction of the electrical breakdown field using vertical filament. This geometry induced difference is only observed at high repetition rate because it is directly related to the cumulative effect appearing above 100 Hz.
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