Abstract: A semiconductor laser component comprising a semiconductor laser chip (1) provided for generating radiation and an optical device comprising a carrier (7), a radiation deflecting element (8) arranged on the carrier and a mirror arranged on the carrier is proposed, wherein the mirror is formed as an external mirror (9) of an external optical resonator for the semiconductor laser chip (1), the radiation deflecting element is arranged within the resonator, the radiation deflecting element is formed for deflecting at least a portion of a radiation (13, 160) that is generated by the semiconductor laser chip (1) and reflected by the external mirror, the carrier has a lateral main extension direction, and the semiconductor laser chip (1) is disposed downstream of the carrier in a vertical direction with respect to the lateral main extension direction.