Vehicle windshield for use with head-up display system

A vehicle windshield for use with a head-up display system, comprising:

• a first substrate facing a vehicle exterior;
• a second substrate facing a vehicle interior;
• a polymer-inclusive interlayer provided between the first and second substrates;
• an image source configured to direct, towards the second substrate, light rays corresponding to an image to be formed substantially by means of reflection from an exterior surface of the first substrate and seen by a viewer;
• and
• an anti-reflective coating provided on an interior surface of the second substrate for preventing at least some of the light rays from being reflected off of the interior surface of the second substrate,
• wherein the image source has a light emission profile with a light strength spectrum at least partially over a visible light wavelength range, showing a strongest light strength at a first wavelength within the visible light wavelength range,
• wherein the anti-reflective coating has a broad reflectance spectrum over at least part of the visible light wavelength range in a direction of the light rays, showing a lowest reflectance at a second wavelength within the visible light wavelength range,
• wherein the first wavelength substantially matches the second wavelength, and
• wherein the polymer-inclusive interlayer comprises a polarization rotator, and wherein the light rays comprise S-polarized light rays or P-polarized light rays.