Abbreviations/Acronyms

active-matrix organic light-emitting diode

Center for Autonomous and Man-Controlled Robotics and Sensing Systems (NASA)

charge-coupled device

controlled commodities list

current-controlled oscillation

computer-controlled polisher

charge-coupled photodiode array

controlled environment vault

channeled substrate planar

error correction code; electronically controlled coupling

emitter-coupled logic; external cavity laser

electron-coupled oscillator

edge-emitting LED

field transfer charge-coupled device

gas-cooled fast reactor

high-brightness LED

intensified charge-coupled device

induction-coupled plasma

infrared charge-coupled device

light-activated silicon-controlled rectifier

light-activated silicon-controlled switch

light-emitting diode

low-operating-current light-emitting diode

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.

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.

optically coupled oscillator

organic light-emitting diode

The Optical Society, formerly called Optical Society of America; optical spectrum analyzer

plasma-coupled device

photon-coupled transistor

passive-matrix organic light-emitting diode

periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate

periodically poled lithium niobate

periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate

silicon controlled rectifier

superluminescent light-emitting diode

single-walled carbon nanotube

visually coupled airborne systems simulator

voltage-controlled frequency