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OESoptical emission spectroscopy
OPOoptical parametric oscillator
PaPascal
PASphotoacoustic spectroscopy
PCSplastic-clad silica; photon correlation spectroscopy
PDSphotodischarge spectroscopy
PESphotoelectric scanner
PFMpiezoresponse force microscopy; pulse frequency modulation
PGDplanar gas discharge
PHAROSphased-array optical scanner
PLphotoluminescence
PLEphotoluminescence excitation
PLIFplanar laser-induced fluorescence
POpower oscillator
PSTMphoton scanning tunneling microscope
PTMphoton tunneling microscope; pulse transmission mode
QCLquantum cascade laser
RBSRutherford backscattering spectrometry
RFOGresonant fiber optic gyroscope
RFTrich field telescope
RLGring-laser gyroscope
RMSRoyal Microscopical Society
SAMscanning acoustic microscope; scanning Auger microscopy
SAMAScientific Apparatus Makers' Association
SATA-RAIDserial advanced technology attachment — redundant array of inexpensive discs
SAXSsmall-angle x-ray scattering
SBDSchottky-barrier diode
SBSstimulated Brillouin scattering; satellite business system
SEMscanning electron microscope
SERSsurface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
SLAMscanning laser acoustic microscope; simultaneous location and mapping
SLDsuperluminescent diode
SLEDsuperluminescent light-emitting diode
SLOswept local oscillator
SPMscanning probe microscopy
SPSESociety for Imaging Science and Technology
SRCscratch-resistant coating
SREMscanning reflection electron microscopy
SRSstimulated Raman scattering
SSsingle scattering
SSMstage scanning microscope
SSPDself-scanned photodiode array
STCScience & Technology Center
STEMscanning transmission electron microscope
STMscanning tunneling microscope; synchronous transfer mode
STSstimulated thermal scattering
SXTsolar-A soft x-ray telescope
TDStime-domain spectroscopy
TEMtransmission electron microscope; transverse electromagnetic
TEOtransferred electron oscillator
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