Abbreviations/Acronyms

laser desorption

laser Doppler anemometry

laser diode driver

Long Duration Exposure Facility

light-dependent resistor; linear dynamic range

laser dazzle system

laser Doppler velocimeter

atomic layer deposition

common optoelectronics laser detection system

electroluminescent diode

excimer moderate-power Raman shifted laser device

Fraunhofer line depth

injection laser diode

International Laser Display Association

infrared laser diode

linear low-density polyethylene

matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization

multimode laser diode

pulsed laser deposition

superluminescent diode

transferred electron device

visible laser diode

complex field amplitude

cold isostatic pressing

dynamic cross-field photomultiplier

differential absorption lidar

dual in-line

diffraction-limited; diode logic

dynamic link library

diode-pumped laser

diode-pumped solid-state laser

diode resistor transistor logic

digital subscriber line

electronic field production

extrafield sensitivity

field emitter display

field-effect transistor

Franz-Keldysh effect

finished lens molding

field of view

field-programmable gate array

field test collimator

field transfer charge-coupled device

high-threshold logic

instantaneous field of view

laser feedback microscope; lateral force microscope; longitudinal field modulator

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.

magnetic Czochralski process — Introduction of an external magnetic field in the Czochralski melting process for crystal growth in order to influence the flow and dampen the amplitudes of the melt oscillations that occur in the process. This is accomplished when the external magnetic field generates an electric field inside the melt, which further induces an internal magnetic field in the now electrically conducting melt. The amplitudes of the now induced electric and magnetic fields can be controlled by the strength of the external magnetic field allowing control of the MCZ process.

mode-field diameter

metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor