Which risk dramatically increases when the mirrors of a high-powered pulsed laser are misaligned?

💡 Explanation

Misalignment increases local intensity, resulting in optical component damage accelerating because energy is concentrated on smaller areas; therefore, damage results rather than uniform degradation or mode changes because the power is too localized for other effects.

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