Abbreviations/Acronyms

local integrated optical network

heat-assisted detection and ranging

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 Association for the Advancement of Science

The ABg model or Harvey-Shack is a method of describing bidirectional scattering from isotropic or polished surfaces.

software package Atmospheric Correction Now

acquisition control processor

advanced communication technology satellite

adaptive delta modulation; add-drop multiplexer

adaptive differential pulse code modulation; varies the binary step interval for the required bandwidth for a given signal-to-noise ratio.

automatic data transmission; anthradithiophene

accessible emission limit

Auger electron spectroscopy; atomic emission spectrometry

Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association

antihalation

Automated Imaging Association

atomic layer deposition

active matrix; air mass; amplitude modulation

American National Metric Council

Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique

American National Standards Institute

aviator's night vision imaging system

area of interest; automatic optical inspection

atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

application programming interface

American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association

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

activated reactive evaporation

antiradiation missile

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

automatic spectrum display and signal recognition system

amplified spontaneous emission

application-specific integrated circuit

American Science Information Institute

American Society for Information Science

Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing

automatic test and evaluation

automatic tracking laser illumination system

attenuated total reflectance; automatic target recognition

Automated Vision Association

active vibration cancellation

axial vapor deposition

atomic vapor laser isotope separation

acoustic video processor integrated display station

broadband antireflection

bistable etalon by absorbing transmission

basic energy reduction technology; bit-error-rate test