Laser cut glass sheets for electrically controllable optically active structures

An electrically controllable optically active structure, the structure comprising:

• a first glass substrate having an inner face and an outer face;
• a second glass substrate having an inner face and an outer face, the second glass substrate being joined to the first glass substrate with the inner face of the first glass substrate facing the inner face of the second glass substrate;
• an electrically controllable optically active material positioned between the inner face of the first glass substrate and the inner face of the second glass substrate;
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• a first electrically conductive layer carried by the inner face of the first glass substrate and a second electrically conductive layer carried by the inner face of the second glass substrate, and the first electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer being arranged to electrically control the electrically controllable optically active material;
• wherein the first glass substrate, the second glass substrate, and the electrically controllable optically active material define a multilayer panel having a first side edge and a second side edge;
• the first side edge defines a first shelf comprising a portion of the second glass substrate extending outwardly from a cut edge of the first glass substrate, the cut edge of the first glass substrate having a plurality of spaced-apart defect columns extending at least partially through the first glass substrate but not through the second glass substrate, each of the plurality of spaced-apart defect columns comprising a plurality of spaced-apart filamentation flaws;
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• the second side edge defines a second shelf comprising a portion of the first glass substrate extending outwardly from a cut edge of the second glass substrate, the cut edge of the second glass substrate having a plurality of spaced-apart defect columns extending at least partially through the second glass substrate but not through the second glass substrate, each of the plurality of spaced-apart defect columns comprising a plurality of spaced-apart filamentation flaws.