The mechanism of laser sublimation of polymers with low absorption coe
fficient and, as a result, with a volume nature of energy release is s
imulated. It is shown that the volume character of absorption of laser
radiation together with the phase transformation leads to the existen
ce of the overheated metastable state of material. The peculiarities o
f transient sublimation induced by laser action with the parameters si
milar for the formation of optical disks, are analysed.