TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - CERAMICS AND GLASS - Preferred Method: The residence time of the laser beam on the given point of the frit is such that heating and cooling is substantially uniform at both a center and edge of the frit. The predetermined sealing speed is 20-50 mm/second when following a predetermined heating profile to melt the frit and form the seal in a manner that prevents subsequent cracking and delamination of the sealed frit between the first glass plate and the second glass plate. The method further involves presintering the frit onto the first glass plate or the second glass plate prior to performing the placing step; and depositing at least one component onto the second glass plate prior to performing the placing step. The sealing device is used to heat the frit in a manner where a constant temperature is maintained in the frit along a sealing line while the frit melts and forms the seal which connects the first glass plate to the second glass plate. Preferred Components: The second glass plate has a CTE that is less than or equal to 30x 10-7 degrees C-1, the CTE of the first glass plate. The laser beam has a spot size greater than a width of the frit. The laser beam has a Gaussian intensity distribution or a uniform intensity distribution (preferably has a uniform intensity distribution). The first and second glass plate is a soda lime glass plate. The first glass plate has a strain point of less than 500 degrees C. A strain point of the first glass plate minus an equilibrated temperature of the first glass plate before the sealing is less than 300 degrees C for the residence heating time of greater than or equal to 100 msec; or a strain point of the first glass plate minus an equilibrated temperature of the first glass plate before the sealing is less than 400 degrees C for the residence heating time of greater than or equal to 200 msec; or a strain point of the first glass plate minus an equilibrated temperature of the first glass plate before the sealing is less than 500 degrees C for the residence heating time of greater than or equal to 400 msec. The sealed first glass plate has residual stress that is not greater than 1500 pounds per square inch. The frit includes a vanadium phosphate glass; and beta-eucryptite filler. The frit includes a glass doped with at least one absorbing ion selected from iron, copper, vanadium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, chromium, or neodymium. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.