laser desorption

initialism: LD
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.12462
Formation of gas-phase species from a solid or liquid sample surface upon activation using a short pulse of photons from a laser.
Source:
PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. (Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)) on page 1559 [Terms] [Paper]