Photonic clock stabilized laser comb processing

A system for processing a workpiece with a beam of laser pulses, the system comprising:

• a beam positioning system to align beam delivery coordinates relative to the workpiece, the beam positioning system generating position data corresponding to the alignment;
• one or more cooperating beam position compensation elements to adjust the alignment of the beam delivery coordinates based on the position data;
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• a pulsed laser source comprising:
• a photonic oscillator to emit laser pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency, the first pulse repetition frequency providing a reference timing signal for coordination of the beam positioning system and the one or more cooperating beam position compensation elements for the alignment of the beam delivery coordinates relative to the workpiece;
• and
• a first optical modulator to select, at a second pulse repetition frequency that is lower than the first pulse repetition frequency, a subset of the laser pulses for amplification, wherein the selection of the laser pulses included in the subset is based on the first pulse repetition frequency and the position data.