A control device for a laser system with a laser for introducing a cut into tissue of a human or animal eye, wherein the control device is set up to arrange and move a focal point of a laser beam of the laser within the tissue. The control device includes an actuator configured to move the focal point along a continuous cutting path starting from a starting point arranged within the tissue between the starting point and an outer edge of the tissue in order to dissect the tissue into at least one continuous tissue strand.