Izi optique zikoreshwa cyane mu gutunganya, gusuzuma, no gupima imiterere y'izuba. Mu gukata, gushyira ikimenyetso, no gusudira hakoreshejwe laser ya CO₂, zituma habaho gutanga neza imirasire no kugenzura ibikorwa. Mu kugenzura ingufu no gufata ingero, zikuramo agace gato k'umurasire kugira ngo zipimwe mu gihe nyacyo nta guhagarika igikorwa nyamukuru. Zirimo kandi ingenzi mu gupima ubushyuhe bwa infrared na FTIR spectrometers, ndetse no mu bikoresho bya laser byo kwa muganga na sisitemu ya pyrometry y'inganda. Inshingano yazo nyamukuru ni ukugabanya umurasire umwe mo ibiri cyangwa guhuza imirasire ibiri muri imwe. Mu buryo bwa polarizing (PBS), zifata by'umwihariko imirasire ifite imirasire ya polarization ijyanye neza, kandi imikorere rusange igengwa n'agace gashyirwa kuri substrate.
Ubunini bw'amatara bwibanze ku gutanga ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga bigezweho mu gihe cy'imyaka 20