Microwave-based glass laminate fabrication

A method of fabricating a glass laminate, the method comprising:

• contacting a molten microwave absorbing glass with a molten microwave transparent glass to form a glass laminate comprised of a microwave absorbing layer and a microwave transparent layer fused to the microwave absorbing layer, wherein the microwave absorbing layer is characterized by a microwave loss tangent δH that is at least a half order of magnitude larger than a microwave loss tangent δL of the microwave transparent layer at least at one or more temperature points where the glass laminate exhibits a viscosity of between approximately 1×102 poise and approximately 1×1013.3 poise;
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• exposing an area of the glass laminate to microwave radiation, wherein the exposed area comprises a cross-laminate hot zone having a cross-laminate hot zone temperature profile, wherein substantially all microwave absorbing layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile and substantially all microwave transparent layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile reside above the glass transition temperature TG of the various layers of the glass laminate prior to impingement by the microwave radiation, and wherein the intensity distribution of the microwave radiation upon impingement with the glass laminate is sufficient to increase the temperature of the microwave absorbing layer portions of the hot-zone temperature profile to a greater extent than the temperature of the microwave transparent layer portions of the hot-zone temperature profile.