The invention relates to a system for ophthalmic laser surgery, comprising asource (110) of pulsed laser radiation with radiation parameters matched tothemaking of an incision in an ocular tissue, particularly in the cornea, ascanner(160) for deflecting the laser radiation, an electronic control unit (190)which hasbeen set up to control the scanner in accordance with a predetermined incisiongeometry, and a modulator unit (170) for modulating the laser pulses emittedfrom the source (110). The control unit (190) has furthermore been set up tocontrol the modulator unit (170) in accordance with a beam-deflection patternestablished for the incision geometry in such a manner that in predeterminedparts of the beam-deflection pattern at least some of the laser pulses have areduced pulse energy or are suppressed.
