A laser-based Indirect fluorometric detectlon method for thin-layer chromatography Is described. The new technique can be easlty used for quantttatlve measurements because of Its two-dimensional scanning capability. Since It Is based on the Indirect fluorescence mode, unlversai detection Is posslble wIthout derlvatizatlon. Also, it takes only 35 s for acqulrlng a data array of 256 X 64 points with thIs technique to achleve a detection llmtt of 6 pg. Thls Is 100 times lower than when the human eye Is used as a detector for the same samples based on lndlrect fluorometry. The lineartty in indirect fluorometric detectlon Is found to be over 2 orders of magnltude.