To answer the question, what is the power output of the laser device?, what is the power density of the laser beam just before ablating the gold film? The main action of a high power laser ablation on thin films is to generate high energy in a small area. This energy can be transferred to the metal causing heating but if organic matter appear and if the laser energy is high enough, this organic matter will vaporize according to the laser power. As for low laser powers , the laser beam can be absorbed or penetrated through the layers of the film. But you need to check the absorption or penetration rates.
The effects that can be expected are laser reflection or local melting depending on the power. At high outputs, more material can be melted around metallic filaments.