Which consequence results when back-reflected laser light couples into a laser cavity?

💡 Explanation

Mode competition occurs because the injected light seeds oscillations favoring one mode through stimulated emission, therefore, energy transfers to that preferred mode, rather than equitable distribution normally yielding stable output power.

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