Abbreviations/Acronyms

atomic force microscope

confocal laser scanning microscope

electron microscope; electromagnetic; electromodulation

electron scanning tunneling microscope

high-voltage electron microscope

low-coherence interference microscope

laser feedback microscope; lateral force microscope; longitudinal field modulator

laser scanning microscope

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.

photon scanning tunneling microscope

photon tunneling microscope; pulse transmission mode

scanning acoustic microscope; scanning Auger microscopy

scanning electron microscope

scanning laser acoustic microscope; simultaneous location and mapping

stage scanning microscope

scanning transmission electron microscope

scanning tunneling microscope; synchronous transfer mode

transmission electron microscope; transverse electromagnetic

x-ray projection microscope