Patent ID: 7872210

Claim:
A method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic components, the method comprising: connecting two wafers to each other by providing the two wafers, applying a material at least in places to a surface of at least one wafer of the two wafers, forming a contact area between the two wafers by placing one of the two wafers on top of the other of the two wafers such that the material is located between the two wafers, at least one of the two wafers comprising at least one of silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, InP and GaP; and heating the contact area locally and for a limited time with at least one laser beam such that a mechanical joint is produced after the material has been heated by the laser beam and cooled down, the mechanical joint effected by the material between the two wafers; and separating individual optoelectronic components from the connected wafers, wherein at least one of the wafers comprises two or more individual layers; wherein at least one of the two or more individual layers is an epitaxially applied layer comprising an active layer which is configured to produce or to detect radiation; and wherein the at least one of the two or more individual layers is part of an optoelectronic component.