Which distortion occurs when a pulsed titanium-sapphire laser's repetition rate approaches the gain medium's relaxation time?

💡 Explanation

Gain saturation limits the pulse energy because population inversion does not fully recover during the interpulse period. Energy extraction efficiency drops as excited atoms were not restored, therefore lowering total usable energy, rather than causing lensing.

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