High-power switching module for the direct high-precision pulse energy feeding of a consumer with a plurality of switching stages connected in series, each switching stage having: - a semiconductor switch (TS-n) with collector terminal, emitter terminal and control terminal, which depending on the voltage present at the control terminal has a switched-on state, in which a current flows between the collector terminal and the emitter terminal, and a switched-off state, in which no current flows between the collector terminal and the emitter terminal, - a driver assembly acting on the semiconductor switch (TS-n), the driver assembly having two switches (Tl-n, T2-n) for controlling the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (TS-n) and also an energy store (CT-n), which provides energy for switching on the semiconductor switch (TS-n), - an optical trigger network, which is optically coupled to the driver assemblies of the individual switching stages in order to simultaneously switch the switching stages, the optical trigger network having a plurality of light emitting elements (LED1-n) switchable simultaneously between a low emitted luminous flux and a high emitted luminous flux, and each light emitting element (LED1-n) of the optical trigger network being assigned at least one light detecting element (LD1-n) of a switching stage, the at least one light detecting element (LD1-n) initiating a change in the switching state of the switching stage depending on whether said element receives a low luminous flux or a high luminous flux. characterized in that the light emitting elements (LED1-n) are set stage-individually to a current at the operating point at which the light emitting element (LED1-n) emits a luminous flux, a positive or negative additional current (dl) being impressed on the current at the operating point for switching over to a high luminous flux or a low luminous flux. - a semiconductor switch (TS-n) with collector terminal, emitter terminal and control terminal, which depending on the voltage present at the control terminal has a switched-on state, in which a current flows between the collector terminal and the emitter terminal, and a switched-off state, in which no current flows between the collector terminal and the emitter terminal, - a driver assembly acting on the semiconductor switch (TS-n), the driver assembly having two switches (Tl-n, T2-n) for controlling the control terminal of the semiconductor switch (TS-n) and also an energy store (CT-n), which provides energy for switching on the semiconductor switch (TS-n), - an optical trigger network, which is optically coupled to the driver assemblies of the individual switching stages in order to simultaneously switch the switching stages, the optical trigger network having a plurality of light emitting elements (LED1-n) switchable simultaneously between a low emitted luminous flux and a high emitted luminous flux, and each light emitting element (LED1-n) of the optical trigger network being assigned at least one light detecting element (LD1-n) of a switching stage, the at least one light detecting element (LD1-n) initiating a change in the switching state of the switching stage depending on whether said element receives a low luminous flux or a high luminous flux.