O meafaitino e latalata ile infrared absorption e aofia ai vali cyanine o loʻo iai le polymethine faʻalautele, vali phthalocyanine faʻatasi ai ma le ogatotonu o le alumini poʻo le zinc, vali naphthalocyanine, faʻamaʻi nickel dithiolene faʻatasi ai ma le sikuea-planar geometry, squarylium dyes, quinone analogues, diimonium compounds ma azorivative compounds.

Talosaga e fa'aogaina ai nei vaila'au fa'alenatura e aofia ai fa'ailoga saogalemu, lithography, fa'asalalauga fa'apipi'i fa'amau ma filiga fa'apitoa.

e mafai ona matou tuʻuina atu mai le 710nm i le 1070nm, E mafai foi ona talia e tagata faʻatau