Which limit arises when increasing pulsed laser energy?

💡 Explanation

Self-focusing causes beam filamentation because intensity-dependent refractive index focusing becomes dominant. Therefore, optical damage ensues, rather than gain saturation because medium inhomogeneities do not dominate at low intensities.

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