Lawa ma-optics asetshenziswa kabanzi ekucutshungulweni kwe-laser, ekuxilongeni, kanye nase-spectroscopy. Ekusikeni, ekumakeni, nasekushiseleni nge-laser ye-CO₂, avumela ukulethwa kwe-beam okunembile kanye nokulawula inqubo. Ukuze kuqashwe amandla kanye nokuthatha amasampula, akhipha ingxenye encane ye-beam ukuze kulinganiswe ngesikhathi sangempela ngaphandle kokuphazamisa ukusebenza okuyinhloko. Aphinde abe yingxenye ebalulekile kuma-infrared thermal imagers kanye nama-FTIR spectrometer, kanye namadivayisi e-laser yezokwelapha kanye nezinhlelo ze-industrial pyrometry. Umsebenzi wawo oyisisekelo ukuhlukanisa i-beam eyodwa ibe yizimbili noma ukuhlanganisa i-beam ezimbili zibe yinye. Ekucushweni kwe-polarizing (PBS), aphatha ngqo i-beams ezine-polarization axes ezihambisanayo, kanti ukusebenza okuphelele ekugcineni kulawulwa yi-coating stack esetshenziswa ku-substrate.
Ubude be-Wavelength bugxile ekuhlinzekeni ngemikhiqizo yokukhanya enembile kakhulu iminyaka engama-20