Abstract
We demonstrate generation of few-cycle light pulses with an ultrahigh contrast reaching 1014 25 ps before the pulse’s peak. Irradiating solid targets with our light source, we have obtained relativistic high-order harmonics that are significantly broadened and overlapped.
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