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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes chromatic aberration when focusing a pulsed laser?
A)Group velocity dispersion✓
B)Self-phase modulation
C)Stimulated Raman scattering
D)Four-wave mixing
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Group velocity dispersion causes chromatic aberration because different wavelengths travel at slightly different speeds in the focusing lens material; therefore the pulse broadens rather than maintaining its original temporal profile due to other nonlinear optical effects.
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