Abbreviations/Acronyms

compressed coherency detection

common optoelectronics laser detection system

coherent light detection and ranging

carrier sense multiple access/collision detection

detectivity

differential absorption scattering; detector angular subtense; dual attachment station

detective quantum efficiency

error detection code

flat panel display; flame photometric detector

heat-assisted detection and ranging

laser detection and ranging

linear imaging device; laser injection diode; local injection detection

light detection and ranging

minimum detection limit (MDL) — In chemistry, the minimum detection limit is the lowest concentration of a chemical substance that can be discerned from the absence of that substance.

normalized angle error detector

open-face detector

optical detection and ranging

parallel detection polychromator

proportional integral derivative; pulse interference detector

position-sensing detector; pseudo-second derivative

quadrant avalanche photodetector

quantum-well infrared photodetector

radio detection and ranging

silicon drift detector

suprathermal ion detector

video imaging system for detection, tracking and assessment

wedge ring detection

zinc impurity photodetector