Abbreviations/Acronyms: M

metal-oxide semiconductor

metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor

milliampere (or milliamp in English) which represents one thousandth, i.e. 10-3, of the SI unit for electric current that is the ampere (also commonly referred to as amp).

milliamperes-second - unit measure of electric charge acquired when multiplying the electric current in milliamperes (one thousandth or 10-3 of the standard unit for electric current the ampere) by the time in seconds. It is commonly used to describe the length of time that electrons are produced or passed through a given circuitry.

molecular beam epitaxy — A well-controlled thin film technique for growing films with good crystal structure in ultra high vacuum environments at very low deposition rates. MBE is also commonly used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices and solar cells.

modulation contrast microscopy; multichip module — modulation contrast microscopy is a unique illumination technique that enhances contrast in an imaging microscope by converting optical gradients into variations in light intensity. Modulation contrast microscopy is found most commonly in live cell imaging, polarization microscopy, phase contrast, and oblique illumination of stained, unstained and birefringent specimens. A multichip module is an electronic packaging system where multiple discrete electronic components (integrated circuits, semiconductor diodes, etc.) are packaged in various ways onto a single substrate.

modified chemical vapor deposition

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

many-element laser; maximum excess loss (MEL) — the many element laser is a laser unit that consists of N like elements of active materials for support with the mode selection of the laser output. The mode selection properties of a many element laser have been experimentally exploited with as many as 10 like elements. Maximum excess loss is the maximum power lost within a give system (typically a fiber optic communication system) including scattering, dispersion, absorption and coupling loss.

molecular electronics for radar applications

mode-field diameter

modulation-inducing retrodirective optical system

molecular infrared track

modelocked

multimode

monolothic microwave integrated circuit

multimode laser diode

mass memory unit

master oscillation; magneto-optic

metallorganic chemical vapor deposition

minimum object distance

modulator-demodulator

micro-optoelectromechanical systems

micro-optic gyroscope

microwave and optical generation and amplification

magneto-optic Kerr rotation

mole

moles per liter

Mars Observer Laser Altimeter

metallorganic molecular beam epitaxy

master oscillator power amplifier

magneto-optical photonic crystal

million operations per second

magneto-optical trap

mobile optical tracking unit

metallorganic vapor phase epitaxy

mode-power distribution

microchannel spatial light modulator

modulated transmission ellipsometry

modulation transfer function; median time to failure

moving target indication