Which outcome occurs when the temporal coherence of a femtosecond laser oscillator degrades?

💡 Explanation

Decreased interference fringe visibility occurs because degradation leads to a shorter coherence length via the Wiener-Khinchin theorem; the optical path difference then exceeds this length, destroying interference. Therefore contrast decreases rather than stability because photons no longer have fixed phase relationships.

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