A system configured to control an amplitude or polarization or phase of light in a pulsed laser system comprising: - an optical layout configured for propagation of laser pulses, - the optical layout comprising a Pockels cell having a capacitance and configured to control the amplitude or polarization or phase of the laser pulse, - an electrical driver (17-2) configured to provide an electrical current to the Pockels cell, the electrical driver comprising a first node which is connected to a first terminal of the Pockels cell, and a second node which is connected to a second terminal of the Pockels cell; wherein the first node is connected to a first voltage (+HV) along a first switching element (16-1) and to a second voltage (-HV) along a second switching element (16-2), the first voltage and the second voltage having opposite sign, the second node is connected to the first voltage along a third switching element (16-3) and to the second voltage along the fourth switching element (16-4); the first and fourth switching elements are controlled by a first signal (H); the second and third switching elements are controlled by a second signal (L); the electrical driver providing alternatively first and second signals to the switching elements; the first signal is provided during a first time interval (t 1 ) and results in a current flowing into the first node thereby charging the Pockels cell and inducing a third voltage across the Pockels cell which results in change of a birefringence of the Pockels cell; subsequent to the first signal, the second signal is provided during a second time interval (t 2 ) which results in a current flowing into the second node and inducing a fourth voltage across the Pockels cell, the third and fourth voltages being different, wherein preferably each of the first time interval and the second time interval is smaller than a time interval between two consecutive laser pulses. - an optical layout configured for propagation of laser pulses, - the optical layout comprising a Pockels cell having a capacitance and configured to control the amplitude or polarization or phase of the laser pulse, - an electrical driver (17-2) configured to provide an electrical current to the Pockels cell, the electrical driver comprising a first node which is connected to a first terminal of the Pockels cell, and a second node which is connected to a second terminal of the Pockels cell; wherein the first node is connected to a first voltage (+HV) along a first switching element (16-1) and to a second voltage (-HV) along a second switching element (16-2), the first voltage and the second voltage having opposite sign, the second node is connected to the first voltage along a third switching element (16-3) and to the second voltage along the fourth switching element (16-4); the first and fourth switching elements are controlled by a first signal (H); the second and third switching elements are controlled by a second signal (L); the electrical driver providing alternatively first and second signals to the switching elements; the first signal is provided during a first time interval (t 1 ) and results in a current flowing into the first node thereby charging the Pockels cell and inducing a third voltage across the Pockels cell which results in change of a birefringence of the Pockels cell; subsequent to the first signal, the second signal is provided during a second time interval (t 2 ) which results in a current flowing into the second node and inducing a fourth voltage across the Pockels cell, the third and fourth voltages being different, wherein preferably each of the first time interval and the second time interval is smaller than a time interval between two consecutive laser pulses. <EOS>