Abbreviations/Acronyms

metal insulator semiconductor

stimulated emission depletion

absolute (kelvin degrees), absorption, acoustic, alpha particle, analog, anode, ampere, amplitude, area, atomic, atomic mass, Helmholtz free energy, mass number, nucleon number

analog to analog, anti-aliasing (AA optical filter e.g. low pass filter), approximate absolute temperature, atomic absorption

American Astronomical Society

American Chemical Society

AC thin film electroluminescent display devices

automatic data transmission; anthradithiophene

accessible emission limit

Auger electron spectroscopy; atomic emission spectrometry

atomic force microscope

atomic fluorescence spectroscopy

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

atomic layer deposition

atomic layer epitaxy

active-matrix organic light-emitting diode

atomic mass unit

atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

application programming interface

automatic picture transmission

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

antiradiation missile

amplified spontaneous emission

atomic time

automatic tracking laser illumination system

angstrom unit; astronomical unit

atomic vapor laser isotope separation

broadband mirror

bistable etalon by absorbing transmission

background-limited infrared photoconductor

bidirectional transmission distribution function

chemical-assisted ion-beam etching

chemical, biological, radiological

Comité Consultatif International des Radiocommunications

Comité Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique

cubic foot per minute

Commission Internationale de l' Eclairage (International Commission on Illumination)

computer input from microfilm; computer-integrated manufacturing

cathodoluminescence

confocal laser scanning microscope

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor/silicon on sapphire

chemical mechanical polishing

Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls

computer-output microfilm; Center for Optical Manufacturing

communications intelligence

cycles per minute

counter-radar missile; counter-radar measures

computed tomography; chemical transfer; center thickness

chromium thulium holmium