Abbreviations/Acronyms

American Institute of Electrical Engineers

American Institute of Physics

automatic image retrieval system

acoustic imaging system

atomic layer deposition

atomic layer epitaxy

airborne laser fluorosensor

adaptive learning image analysis system

advanced lightwave platform

altitude

arithmetic logic unit

active matrix; air mass; amplitude modulation

active-matrix liquid crystal display

active-matrix organic light-emitting diode

ampere

atomic mass unit

American National Metric Council

Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique

American National Standards Institute

antilogarithm

aviator's night vision imaging system

acousto-optic beam deflector

acousto-optic deflector

area of interest; automatic optical inspection

acousto-optic modulator

acousto-optic tunable filter

all points addressable

automatic power control; angle polished connector

atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

avalanche photodiode

application programming interface

average picture level

American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association

active pixel sensor; active pixel system; Advanced Photon Source; American Physical Society; atom probe spectroscopy; autocorrelated photon spectroscopy

automatic picture transmission

Abbe refractometer; acoustic radiometer; acoustic resonance; active region; alpha ray; amplitude ratio; antireflective; aperture ratio; applied research; argon; aspect ratio; atomic reactor; augmented reality

activated reactive evaporation

acceptable reliability level

antiradiation missile

antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

angular sensitivity

antisatellite

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

automatic spectrum display and signal recognition system

amplified spontaneous emission

active swept frequency interferometer radar

American Standards Institute

application-specific integrated circuit

American Science Information Institute

American Society for Information Science