Ilensi ye-Longwave Infrared (LWIR) ivame ukungapholi futhi ngenxa yalokho, inozwela oluncane. Ivumela umsebenzisi ukuthi abone phakathi kothuli noma intuthu, okubenza babe yigugu kakhulu ezindaweni ezithile kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza. Insimu yokubuka ilensi incike kakhulu ebude be-focal kanye nosayizi we-detector.
Ubude be-Wavelength bugxile ekuhlinzekeni ngemikhiqizo yokukhanya enembile kakhulu iminyaka engama-20