Direct-write laser transfer and processing

An apparatus for creating a deposit of a material of interest on a substrate, the apparatus comprising

• a first laser, wherein the first laser is a pulsed laser,
• a second laser,
• a receiving substrate, and
• a target substrate comprising a laser-transparent support having a back surface and a front surface, wherein the front surface has a coating that comprises a source material, wherein the source material is a material that can be transformed into the material of interest,
• means for positioning the first laser in relation to the target substrate so that pulsed laser energy can be directed through the back surface of the target substrate and through the laser-transparent support to strike the coating at a defined target location with sufficient energy to cause the source material to be removed from the surface of the support at the defined target location,
• means for positioning the receiving substrate in a spaced relation to the target substrate so that the source material can migrate from the space between the receiving substrate and the target substrate and can be deposited at a defined receiving location on the receiving substrate, and
• means for positioning the second laser so that laser energy can strike the source material that is deposited on the receiving substrate with sufficient energy to transform the source material into the material of interest, wherein the first laser and the second laser are copropagating and coaxial.