A laminated vehicle window has different glass substrates and a low-emissivity (low-E) coating on an interior surface thereof, so that the low-E coating is to be located adjacent and exposed to the vehicle interior. In certain example embodiments, the low-E coating includes a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer of a material such as indium-tin-oxide (ITO). In certain example embodiments, the exterior glass substrate contains more iron, and is thus more absorbing of IR radiation, than the interior glass substrate.

Optically transparent glass ceramic materials comprising a glass phase containing and a crystalline tungsten bronze phase comprising nanoparticles and having the formula M.sub.xWO.sub.3, where M includes at least one H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Cd, In, Tl, Pb, Bi, Th, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and U, and where 0<x<1. Aluminosilicate and zinc-bismuth-borate glasses comprising at least one of Sm.sub.2O.sub.3, Pr.sub.2O.sub.3, and Er.sub.2O.sub.3 are also provided.

Coating plate in ceramic material for outdoor application, obtaining method and use thereof. The ceramic coating plate for outdoor application comprises a vitreous layer wherein the vitreous layer comprises 3-30% (m/m) of an infrared reflective pigment, wherein the infrared reflective pigment comprises titanium dioxideTiO.sub.2.

Said plate provides the user with thermal comfort in contact between the plantar surface of the feet and the ceramic material and may also be used in the coating of faades, or upper coverings.

TiO.sub.2 concentration may be 5-25% (m/m), 8-20% (m/m), or 9-11% (m/m). TiO.sub.2 particles have a size between 0.1-2 m, more preferably 0.25-2 m. The infrared reflective pigment may further comprise metal oxides Al.sub.2O.sub.3, SiO.sub.2, MnO, SbO, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, or mixtures thereof.

Said plate may be a tile, a ceramic, a mosaic, a paving block or a slab, among others.

A method and/or system is provided for detecting and/or identifying inclusions (e.g., nickel sulfide based inclusions/defects) in glass such as soda-lime-silica based float glass. In certain example instances, during and/or after the glass-making process, following the stage in the float process where the glass sheet is formed and floated on a molten material (e.g., tin bath) and cooled or allowed to cool such as via an annealing lehr, energy such as infrared (IR) energy is directed at the resulting glass and reflectance at various wavelengths is analyzed to detect inclusions.

An object is to provide an optical glass with a near-infrared absorbing function that maintains constant and high transmittance in a visible light range and also has excellent oblique incidence characteristics as well as excellent durability, heat resistance, and weather resistance, and to provide a near-infrared cut filter, a glass element for press molding, an optical element blank, and an optical element including the same. Provided is an optical glass including a glass composition as a base containing at least Yb.sub.2O.sub.3 and B.sub.2O.sub.3 as essential components, the optical glass characterized in that a content of Yb.sub.2O.sub.3 is 5% to 60% by mass, a content of B.sub.2O.sub.3 is 10% to 50% by mass, and when a thickness of the optical glass is 2.5 mm, average transmittance in a wavelength range of 925 to 955 nm is 0% to 70%, and average transmittance in a wavelength range of 965 to 985 nm is 0% to 50%.

An optical system for a camera module includes: an image sensor; and an optical arrangement defining a beam path, the optical arrangement including a plurality of optical components including a first prism and an optical lens system, the plurality of optical components being arranged in the beam path in a sequential order relative to one another and in front of the image sensor, the sequential order being such that the first prism is positioned before the optical lens system, at least one of the plurality of optical components including at least one absorption filter.

A glass-ceramic includes a silicate-containing glass and crystals within the silicate-containing glass. The crystals include non-stoichiometric tungsten and/or molybdenum sub-oxides, and the crystals are intercalated with dopant cations.

A laminate glass-ceramic article is provided that includes: a core glass layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a plurality of clad glass-ceramic layers, each having a CTE that is lower than or equal to the first CTE of the core glass layer. A first of the clad glass-ceramic layers is laminated to a first surface of core glass layer and a second of the clad glass-ceramic layers is laminated to a second surface of the core glass layer. Further, a total thickness of the plurality of clad glass-ceramic layers is from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm. In addition, each of the glass-ceramic layers includes: an alumino-boro-silicate glass, 0 mol %MoO.sub.315 mol %, and 0 mol %WO.sub.315 mol %, the WO.sub.3 (mol %) plus the MoO.sub.3 (mol %) is from 0.7 mol % to 19 mol %.

Provided is a glass composition having an infrared absorbing function, water resistance, heat resistance, and a low expansion coefficient, the glass composition including the following components (a) to (c): (a) 0.1 wt % or more to 14.0 wt % or less of an intermediate oxide; (b) 0.1 wt % or more to 14.0 wt % or less of CuO; and (c) 80.0 wt % or more to 99.8 wt % or less of silica, in which a total of a content ratio of the intermediate oxide and a content ratio of the CuO is from 0.2 wt % or more to 20 wt % or less.

A glass-ceramic includes glass and crystalline phases, where the crystalline phase includes non-stoichiometric suboxides of titanium, forming bronze-type solid state defect structures in which vacancies are occupied with dopant cations.