A laser light source, comprising - a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region and a radiation coupling-out area having a first partial region and a second partial region different than the latter, and - a filter structure, wherein - the first partial region adjoins the active region and the second partial region comprises regions of the radiation coupling-out area which do not adjoin the active region, - the active region generates, during operation, coherent first electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength range and incoherent second electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength range, - the coherent first electromagnetic radiation is emitted by the first partial region along an emission direction, - the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation is emitted by the first partial region and by the second partial region, - the second wavelength range comprises the first wavelength range, - the filter structure at least partly attenuates the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation emitted by the active region along the emission direction, - the filter structure comprises at least one first filter element disposed downstream of the semiconductor layer sequence in the emission direction and covering only the second partial region, - the coherent first electromagnetic radiation has a first intensity and the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation has a second intensity, which is less than the first intensity, - the at least one first filter element has an intensity dependent transmissivity for electromagnetic radiation, characterized in that - the transmissivity for electromagnetic radiation of the at least one first filter element has a saturation behavior, wherein the first filter element is non transparent to electromagnetic radiation having an intensity equal to the second intensity and is transparent for an intensity greater than or equal to the first intensity, so that the first filter element is transparent for the coherent first electromagnetic radiation, but not for the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation. - a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region and a radiation coupling-out area having a first partial region and a second partial region different than the latter, and - a filter structure, - the first partial region adjoins the active region and the second partial region comprises regions of the radiation coupling-out area which do not adjoin the active region, - the active region generates, during operation, coherent first electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength range and incoherent second electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength range, - the coherent first electromagnetic radiation is emitted by the first partial region along an emission direction, - the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation is emitted by the first partial region and by the second partial region, - the second wavelength range comprises the first wavelength range, - the filter structure at least partly attenuates the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation emitted by the active region along the emission direction, - the filter structure comprises at least one first filter element disposed downstream of the semiconductor layer sequence in the emission direction and covering only the second partial region, - the coherent first electromagnetic radiation has a first intensity and the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation has a second intensity, which is less than the first intensity, - the at least one first filter element has an intensity dependent transmissivity for electromagnetic radiation, - the transmissivity for electromagnetic radiation of the at least one first filter element has a saturation behavior, wherein the first filter element is non transparent to electromagnetic radiation having an intensity equal to the second intensity and is transparent for an intensity greater than or equal to the first intensity, so that the first filter element is transparent for the coherent first electromagnetic radiation, but not for the incoherent second electromagnetic radiation.