Which risk increases when an industrial laser cutting system exceeds design parameters?

💡 Explanation

Increased power causes local heating; thermal lens aberration increases because index variations cause unintended focusing; therefore beam quality degrades faster, rather than better focus (etendue), gain reduction, or limited diffraction alone.

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