The aperture is used to focus different wavelengths of light in different parts of a scene onto a detector.

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The company took a hit in 1988 when lie-detector tests were made illegal for employment purposes, so Argenbright, who says it made him "focus like a blowtorch, " threw himself into building the aviation services and security business.

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