Laser-bonded optical assemblies

A method, comprising:

• setting an alignment configuration of a first material and a second material, the alignment configuration defining an interface between a surface of the first material and a surface of the second material based at least in part on a geometry of the first material and a geometry of the second material;
• and
• irradiating the interface using a pulsed laser beam that is transmitted through the first material or the second material, wherein the interface is irradiated at one or more bonding zones to bond the first material and the second material by at least partially melting the surface of the first material, the surface of the second material, or both.

An optical component, comprising:

• a first material and a second material that are bonded together at one or more bonding zones where at least partial melting of at least the first material or the second material has occurred by radiation from a pulsed laser source, the first material and the second material being bonded based at least in part on the at least partial melting, wherein at least one of the first material or the second material comprises an optically transmissive substrate, and wherein the first material and the second material exclude one or more organic adhesive materials.