Abbreviations/Acronyms

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

area of interest; automatic optical inspection

antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

broadband on passive optical network

computer-generated holographic optical element

coherent optical adaptive techniques

coded optical character

catastrophic optical damage

computer-output microfilm; Center for Optical Manufacturing

compact video-rate optical scanner

designating optical tracker

dynamic magneto-optical correlator

Earth observation satellite; electro-optic system; European Optical Society

electron trapping optical memory

free-space digital optical

ground-based electro-optical deep space surveillance system

Gigabit Ethernet passive optical network

ground optical recorder for intercept determination

Gigabit passive optical network

holographic optical element

intercept ground optical recorder

integrated optical circuit

interfacing optical element

integrated optical logic circuit

large-core plastic optical fiber

local integrated optical network

longitudinal optical; local oscillator

large optical cavity

Leningrad Optical Mechanical Organization

mega;magnification -SI metric unit prefix which represents one million, 106, also the standard symbol for the magnification of a given optical system.

megacycles per second — Megacyces per second is an oscillation rate equivalent to one million (or 106) of the standard unit of a single optical period over a second which is an optical cycle.

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.

mercury cadmium telluride — Mercury cadmium teluride (HgCdTe) is a specific alloy combination that allows one to obtain any optical absorption bandgap of the material between 0 and 1.5 electron volts (eV) making it completely transparent at photon energies and wavelengths below the energy gap in the infrared.

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

modulation-inducing retrodirective optical system

microwave and optical generation and amplification

magneto-optical photonic crystal

magneto-optical trap

mobile optical tracking unit

near-field scanning optical microscopy

optical axis

optical add-drop module

optical address light modulator

optical-analog matrix processing

optical computing

optical Chinese character recognition

optical coherence domain reflectometer

optical countermeasure

optically coupled oscillator

optical character recognition; optical character reader