Abbreviations/Acronyms

hyperfine structure

high-performance parallel interface

high-performance liquid chromatography

interferometric fiber optic gyroscope

interfacing optical element

infrared intelligent spectro-radiometer; infrared interferometer spectrometer

low-coherence interference microscope

laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory

laser unequal path interferometer

mutual coherence function — The mutual coherence function is a complex quantity that is the time-averaged value of the cross correlation function of a light field at two points within an aperture with a time delay that relates the path difference to the point of observation of the interference fringes. The mutual coherence function is the key function in coherence theory and the study of partially coherent light.

metal-dielectric multilayer (MDM) — Periodic nanofilm structures for optical mode confinement and tunneling of resonant surface plasmons.

man-machine interface

optical network interface

open optical interface

optical performance monitor

perfect diffuser

proportional integral derivative; pulse interference detector

Rutherford backscattering spectrometry

ray surfaces per second; reduced space symbology

surface analysis by laser ionization

surface analysis by resonance ionization of sputtered atoms

surface acoustic wave

small computer standard interface

surface-emitting array

surface-emitting laser

surface-enhanced Raman optical data storage

surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

surface electromagnetic waves

surface feet per minute

surface-mount device

surface-mount technology

surface plasmon resonance

surface-plasma wave

superconducting quantum interference device

temperature-insensitive Michelson interferometer

vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

vertical external cavity surface-emitting laser

very long baseline interferometry

vertical to surface transmission electrophotonic device