Which risk increases when a high-power laser focusing system experiences spherical aberration?

💡 Explanation

When spherical aberration exists, laser light does not converge on a single focal point; therefore, energy distribution becomes scattered, reducing the intensity at the target location, thus reducing material removal efficiency, rather than causing the other effects, with altered coherence.

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