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Which 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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