Abbreviations/Acronyms

effective focal length; equivalent focal length

acousto-optic beam deflector

acousto-optic deflector

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

antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

attenuated total reflectance; automatic target recognition

broadband antireflection

bidirectional reflectance distribution function

contactless electroreflectance

distributed Bragg reflector

electron-beam electroreflectance

frequency domain reflectometry

Fourier transform infrared; frustrated total internal reflection

high-efficiency antireflection

Long Duration Exposure Facility

lateral transfer hollow retroreflector

multilayer antireflection coating

maximum metal reflector

optical coherence domain reflectometer

optical continuous wave reflectometer

optical frequency domain reflectometer

optical solar reflector

optical time-domain reflectometer

photodiode array; postdeflection acceleration

power ratio; photoreflectance

reflection high-energy electron diffraction

resonant internal reflection

retroreflective projection technology

simplified antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

side-looking airborne radar; single-layer antireflection

single-lens reflex

scanning reflection electron microscopy

time-domain reflectometer

total external reflectance

total internal reflection; total image runout; total indicator reading

total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy

total internal reflection face-pumped laser

total internal reflection fluorescence

twin-lens reflex

time variable reflectivity