: The invention describes a
laser device (1) and a method for determining at least one parameter (28, 38, 39) of a
laser device (1), in particular
laser plotter (2a) or galvo laser (2b), by means of LIBS (
Laser Induced Breakdown
Spectroscopy) (29) for
machining a workpiece (7), in which at least one
beam source (4) in the form of a laser (5, 6, 37) is inserted in a housing (3) of the laser device (1), wherein, when the
beam source (4) is activated, a laser beam (10) is guided via deflecting elements (11) to a focusing unit (12) or laser head (12). In order to determine the parameter "material" (28), a LIBS process (29) (
Laser Induced Breakdown
Spectroscopy), in particular a material identification process, is started manually or automatically by the laser device (1) or an external component (22) connected to the laser device (1), in particular
laptop (22a), for adjusting the laser device (1), whereupon the workpiece (7) is machined, in particular irradiated, in a known manner by the laser (4, 5, 37), in particular the laser
radiation (10), in such a manner that a small amount of material of the workpiece (7) is evaporated, wherein the evaporated material, in particular a
plasma (31), is detected via a
spectrometer (30) and evaluated, whereupon the material determined is displayed to the user on the laser device (1) or the external component (22), in particular
laptop (22a), and / or the material determined is set as the parameter "material" (28), in particular material parameter, or is compared with the set material.