Which outcome increases drastically when exceeding gain saturation within a pulsed laser amplifier?

💡 Explanation

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) increases abruptly because population inversion clamping during gain saturation causes stimulated emission rate reduction, therefore ASE dominates early gain stages, rather than stable pulse amplification that requires unsaturated amplification throughout the medium.

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