Laser processing head (1A; 1B), comprising: a first lens group (11) into which
laser light emanating from a
light emitter (3) enters and which is designed to focus
laser light, wherein the first lens group (11) is a lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group (12) to which the
laser light which has passed through the first lens group (11) propagates, wherein the second lens group (12) is a lens group which has a positive refractive power; a third lens group (13), wherein the
laser light which has passed through the second lens group (12) is propagated to the lens group, wherein the third lens group (13) is a lens group which has a negative refractive power; a fourth lens group (14) into which the
laser light, which has passed through the third lens group (13), enters and which is designed to focus the
laser light, wherein the fourth lens group (14) is a lens group which has a positive refractive power; an optical
light flux conversion element (15) which can be arranged along an
optical axis between the first lens group (11) and the second lens group (12) and is designed to convert a beam profile of the laser light; a first movement device (17) designed to move the first lens group (11) in a direction along the
optical axis; a second movement device (18) configured to move the third lens group (13) in the direction along the
optical axis; and a third movement device (19) configured to move the optical
light flux conversion element (15) to a position along an optical axis between the first lens group (11) and the second lens group (12) and to a position outside the optical axis, wherein the first lens group (11), the second lens group (12), the third lens group (13) and the fourth lens group (14) form an optical
transfer system (10) which forms an image of the
light emitter (3) at a transfer position (6), wherein, if the optical
luminous flux conversion element (15) exists along the optical axis, the optical
luminous flux conversion element (15) is also included in the components of the optical
transfer system (10), and wherein the optical
luminous flux conversion element (15) is an
axicon.