Kurzpuls-Laser

The invention relates to a short pulse laser (1) having a first optical plate (3) on which a seed laser oscillator (4), a pulse picker (5), and a fiber coupling-in optical unit (6) are mounted so as to be mechanically stable in relation to one another, and second optical plate (7), which is separate from the first optical plate (3) and on which a fiber coupling-out optical unit (9) and at least one amplifier stage (8, 30, 31) are mounted so as to be mechanically stable in relation to one another. The fiber coupling-in optical unit (6) of the first optical plate (3) and the fiber coupling-out optical unit (9) of the second optical plate (7) are optically interconnected by a flexible light guiding element (10). The hybrid short pulse laser (1) has a compact design and can be operated at low cost.