Patent ID: 8119209

Claim:
A method of forming a layer ( 12 , 22 ) of getter material on a glass part ( 10 , 20 , 30 ) comprising the following steps: contacting a powder ( 11 , 21 ) of a getter material with the glass part on which the layer is to be formed, the getter material being selected among titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum, and alloys based on zirconium or titanium with one or more transition metals, Rare Earth metals or aluminum; heating particles ( 31 ) of the powder directly in contact with the glass ( 30 ) at a temperature lower than a melting temperature of the particles, but higher than a softening temperature of the glass, by irradiating the particles in direct contact with the glass with laser radiation reaching the particles through the glass; allowing the glass and particles to cool until re-solidification of areas ( 32 ) of the glass softened or molten during the heating step; and removing possible powder particles not directly contacting the glass and not irradiated with the laser, wherein the powder contacting the glass part is a loose powder.