Laser welding transparent glass sheets using low melting glass or thin absorbing films

A bonded device comprising:

• an inorganic film formed over a surface of a first substrate;
• and
• a device protected between the first substrate and a second substrate wherein the inorganic film is in contact with the second substrate,
• wherein the device includes a bond formed between the first and second substrates as a function of the composition of impurities in the first or second substrates and as a function of the composition of the inorganic film though a local heating of the inorganic film with laser radiation having a predetermined wavelength, and
• wherein the inorganic film, the first substrate, or the second substrate are transmissive at approximately 420 nm to approximately 750 nm.

A bonded device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate;
• and
• a device protected between the first substrate and a second substrate,
• wherein the device includes a bond formed between the first and second substrates as a function of the composition of impurities in the first or second substrates though a local heating of an interface between the first and second substrates with laser radiation having a predetermined wavelength, and
• wherein the first substrate or the second substrate are transmissive at approximately 420 nm to approximately 750 nm.