Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka aniani Longwave Infrared (LWIR) e kūkulu i kahi ʻōnaehana kiʻi wela me ka mea ʻike infrared. Hana ia ma ka spectrum 8-12um, a kūpono pinepine i ka mea ʻike uncooled. Hiki iā ia ke ʻike i nā mea mai kā lākou radiation infrared ponoʻī, me ka ʻole o ke kumu kukui hou aʻe, ka mea e lilo ai lākou i mea waiwai nui i kekahi mau wahi a me nā noi.
ʻOiai hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā ʻōnaehana infrared i nā kūlana kaiapuni paʻakikī a ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke hiki aku. ʻO ka pono e mālama i ka nānā ʻana ma luna o kahi ākea o nā mahana kaiapuni he mea nui ia no ka hana ʻōnaehana, ke kūpaʻa, a me ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka lens infrared me ka hoʻolālā athermal e mālama i kāna hana mai ka loli ʻana ma o ke ʻano o ka passivity optical, ka hana mechanical, a me ka passivity mechanical i kahi pae mahana nui. E hoʻoponopono ponoʻī kona hoʻonohonoho ʻana iā ia iho i ka wā o ka loli ʻana o ka mahana.
Ua hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia kā mākou aniani infrared athermal LWIR e hāʻawi i ke kiʻi ʻano i loko o kahi pae mahana nui. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ke kikowaena he 3.85-110 mm, F#1.0-1.3, kūpono no ka mea ʻike infrared 17um a me 12um. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā noi kiʻi thermal he nui e like me ka nānā ʻana, nā goggles thermal a me nā scopes, nā thermographs, ka nānā ʻana i ka spectrum a pēlā aku.
Ua kālele ʻia ka nalu i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huahana optical kiʻekiʻe no 20 mau makahiki