Abstract: A system for the treatment of a region of an object adjacent to a substrate. The system includes a source of an incident laser beam delivering a focused laser beam. The wavelength of the incident laser beam is greater than the sum of 500 nm and of the wavelength associated with the bandgap of the material forming the substrate and smaller than the sum of 2,500 nm and of this wavelength. The system includes an optical device associating a digital aperture greater than 0.3 and means for correcting the spherical aberrations appearing during the crossing of the substrate for a given thickness of the substrate and a given distance between the substrate and the optical device. The processing being performed on the region through the substrate, and including the physical, chemical, or physico-chemical modification or the ablation of said region.

Abstract: A passive mode-locked polarized laser including an oscillator, the oscillator including: a cavity; a pump source coupled to the cavity; an optical output coupler, and an optical output isolator. Also, a method for generating polarized pulsed light having a wavelength of about 2 ?m using the passive mode-locked polarized laser.

Abstract: A supercontinuum source capable of emitting waves between the infrared range and the ultraviolet range, includes a pulsed laser source (12) capable of generating a laser beam and a non-linear microstructured optical fiber (14) capable of receiving the laser beam, in such a way that the supercontinuum source is capable of generating a beam (F?) over a pulse duration (T?), characterized in that the supercontinuum source includes elements for varying the pulse duration.

Abstract: A supercontinuum source capable of emitting waves between the infrared range and the ultraviolet range, includes a pulsed laser source (12) capable of generating a laser beam and a non-linear microstructured optical fibre (14) capable of receiving the laser beam, in such a way that the supercontinuum source is capable of generating a beam (F?) over a pulse duration (T?), characterized in that the supercontinuum source includes elements for varying the pulse duration.