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← ScienceWhich risk escalates when focusing a high powered laser?
A)Air plasma formation is enhanced✓
B)Reduced diffraction pattern clarity
C)Spontaneous parametric down-conversion occurs
D)Increased stimulated Brillouin scattering rate
💡 Explanation
Air plasma formation increases because the mechanism of multiphoton ionization is dramatically enhanced at the focal point where irradiance is highest; therefore plasma readily forms rather than other scattering processes because the electric field peaks intensely.
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