139 terms
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FOfiber optic
FOCTfiber optic current transformer
FOGfiber optic gyroscope
FOG-Mfiber optic guided missile
FOIRLfiber optic inter-repeater link
FORJfiber optic rotary joint
FOTPfiber optic test procedure
FOTSfiber optic transmission system
FOVfield of view
AFOSRAir Force Office of Scientific Research
FIFOfirst in/first out
IFOGinterferometric fiber optic gyroscope
IFOVinstantaneous field of view
LFOlow-frequency oscillator
LFOSladar fiber optic sensor
RFOGresonant fiber optic gyroscope
SDFOVsimultaneous dual field of view
UVFOultraviolet fiber optics
FRETFörster resonance energy transfer
AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
ADPCMadaptive differential pulse code modulation; varies the binary step interval for the required bandwidth for a given signal-to-noise ratio.
AFaudio frequency; autofocusing
AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
AFMatomic force microscope
ALPadvanced lightwave platform
ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIIAmerican Science Information Institute
ASISAmerican Society for Information Science
ASKAautomatic system for kinematic analysis
ASLMSAmerican Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery
ASNTAmerican Society for Nondestructive Testing
ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
BFDback focal distance
BFLback focal length
BRITEBasic Research in Industrial Technology for Europe
CAMRSSCenter for Autonomous and Man-Controlled Robotics and Sensing Systems (NASA)
CCDSCenter for Commercial Development of Space
CDRHCenter for Devices and Radiological Health
CERNEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research
CFMcubic foot per minute
CIPScommunications, information and processing services
CLSMconfocal laser scanning microscope
COCOMCoordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
COMcomputer-output microfilm; Center for Optical Manufacturing
DAPdeformation of aligned phase
DFTdiscrete Fourier transform
DGaODeutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik (German Society for Applied Optics)
DIDdigital information display
DMDdeformable membrane device
DRAdiscontinuously reinforced aluminum
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